New York Times
By Jennifer Steinhauer
February 18, 2016
In
the world of insta-pundits and unmonitored comments, newspaper
editorials may seem quaint, evoking cranky gentlemen of a certain age
banging away with wrath on their
keyboards about the incandescent issues of the day.
But
for senators from places where good governance and political courage
are viewed as inherent state virtues, a critical editorial suggesting
that a lawmaker has acted
outside the accordance of either can still sting. And the Supreme Court
contretemps has captured the attention of the civic watchdogs.
In
New Hampshire, The Concord Monitor had harsh words on Wednesday for
Senator Kelly Ayotte, the state’s first-term Republican, over her
decision to support Senator Mitch
McConnell, the Republican leader from Kentucky, in his efforts to block
President Obama from bringing a Supreme Court justice nominee to the
Hill.
“Jumping
on the anti-nomination bandwagon calls into question the sincerity of
Ayotte’s recent breaks with her party over immigration and Obama’s
attempt to address climate
change by ordering a cap on carbon emissions,” the left-leaning
editorial board wrote. “Her high court position is wrong, and she should
quickly reverse it.”
In
Wisconsin, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and Capital Times editorial
boards both went after Senator Ron Johnson, the Republican who has been
somewhat flexible on his
positions, at first siding firmly with Mr. McConnell but then telling a
local radio station that a vote might be in the offing. A news article
in The Morning Call, the hometown paper of Senator Pat Toomey,
Republican of Pennsylvania, suggested his office was
being facile with the facts about past nominations during election
years.
Local
editorial boards have also targeted Senator Rob Portman, Republican of
Ohio, and Senator Charles E. Grassley, the Iowa Republican who takes his
state responsibilities
so seriously he religiously visits each of its 99 counties each year,
over the same issue. The political class knows these editorials can have
bite at home, which is why Democrats have sent them out this week,
almost like mean letters from home, as their evidence
that Republicans are on the wrong side of the issue.
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