Minority Leader John Rusche (RE: Malek: Integrity of process important): Luke worked to try to reverse the dumb committee vote. His House leadership is to blame. They refused to allow a new bill to be introduced, a common process. And then defined a vote to resurrect the bill and correct an egregious committee error (or even let the whole House decide the course) as a "procedural" attack on their power structure. Once they defined it as such, there was little room for people like Malek. I don't blame Luke, I blame Luker and Bedke. That said, there wasn't that much concern for the 155,000 kids shown by the GOP House Caucus.

Question: I agree with Minority Leader Rusche. Rep. Malek is caught between the proverbial rock and a hard place. He is surrounded by Tea Party delegates who don't support him and by Tea Party tin gods in the local GOP CC who'd love to replace him with one of their own -- and that's not to mention the not-ready-for-prime time House GOP leaders. He has to walk carefully to give the smallest target possible for the next Toby Schindelbeck that the Grand Old Tea Party rolls out to oppose him. Thoughts?