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Bart Gordon sold out his constituents for a job at NASA? Such is the scuttlebutt.

There must be a good reason for a man who was badgered enough by the people he claimed to represent to vote AGAINST this atrocity to change his vote from NO to YES on ObamaCare, no? Bart Gordon was hounded and badgered enough to walk away from his easy and lucrative and previously unassailable House seat; now he's set to cash in for his health care vote to meet the of the needs of the ever-crooked Obama Administration.

From Dan Riehl, who's helping keep better track of Bart Gordon's skulduggery than Bart and Obama would like...

Just a note on Instapundit's link to Moe Lane, pointing out Gordon's Coburn problem, assuming he has any designs on going to NASA. What makes it an ever bigger problem for Gordon is how the rules have changed.

Five years ago he would have experienced grief, but ultimately Hill comity would likely win out and he'd slip by with some bruising. Coburn's tough, but he's reasonable and people can disagree.

With politics playing out in real time under an Internet-powered microscope, a huge number of Americans angry over HCR combined with Coburn's especially angry base, there just isn't room for what was once the status quo.

Because if Bart Gordon thinks he can sell out, take a cushy job as a NASA Administrator and wing his constituents a flappy bird, well, that'll be a prelaunch no-go.

More likely he'll hook up with Al Gore (whose seat he's occupied ever since Big Al left it oh so many years ago) and become, oh, a "Global Warming Expert". Doesn't take much; Big Al did it with a prayer and a Divinity degree, and a few dollars investment in cheap book paper. To be forever mistaken for the Unabomber; such is Al Gore's legacy.

No, Bart, there's no easy legacy job at NASA in your future. You turned your back on your friends. We'll have to watch you very closely. Maybe you'll get to play with a nice model rocket out back.

Shame on you, BartFish Gordon.

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