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Friday February 22, 2008

Shadegg: Who do you serve?

Ten days after telling voters that he never intended to be a “professional politician,” Rep. John Shadegg flip-flopped today, deciding that he really does want to remain in Washington, D.C.

A chorus of ideological Washington insiders pressured Shadegg to stay in office, even though he said in a retirement letter that “it is time for me to (serve) in some other capacity.”
(http://www.house.gov/hensarling/rsc/doc/shadegg_letter.pdf)
(http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/0219shadegg0219side.html)

“It must be devastating when your representative tells you he’s through with you, and then he changes his mind based on flattery from D.C. insiders,” said Emily Bittner, a spokeswoman for the Arizona Democratic Party. “John Shadegg showed us yet again where his real priorities are: denying the existence of global warming, denying health care to Arizona children, denying tax rebates to families who need them – and denying the real reason he’s staying in Congress. I wonder, just who does he think he serves?”