Letter: Nevadans should applaud Jeffords

Wednesday, May 30, 2001 | 8:39 a.m.

There is an age-old saying that goes, "What goes around comes around." I think that what we saw in Sen. James Jeffords' defection from the GOP is an example of that old saying.

The Bush people and the congressional Republicans have been giving us "in your face" politics now since Jan. 20. Bush did not win the popular vote and certainly did not win an electoral landslide, yet he has been acting like a man who won a mandate.

I, for one Democrat, am pleased that the arrogance of Republican Sens. Trent Lott and Orrin Hatch can now be placed in check.

Nevada should applaud Jeffords for putting our Sen. Harry Reid into a position of power on the behalf of our state and, likewise, the country.

JAMES J. POUPARD

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