Don Young loses positions of power in Congress. Is now the right time to say "I told you so?"

U.S. Rep. Don Young, who wielded considerable power on the House Committee on Natural Resources in the 1990s as chairman and in recent years as its senior Republican, on Wednesday lost his top spot on the panel.


The move was forced by Republican leaders, who are determining this week who will assume leadership roles on House committees when Congress begins its new term next year.

Young told his Republican colleagues in a caucus meeting that it was a difficult decision to step aside as the top Republican on a committee with a crucial mission for Alaska that he had been a member of for the past 36 years. But he also told them he was "confident that the cloud that hangs over me will eventually clear as I know I have done nothing wrong."

Is there only "sunshine over your head" too Don? Gee where have I heard that before?

Don Young is NOT my Congressman. In my humble, and often stated, opinion Young DID NOT WIN THE ELECTION!

Discussing this whole Don Young thing just makes me ill, so if you want to read a more thorough account of this story I refer you to my friend AKM over at Mudflats.