Best I can figure from this article you are saying Mike is a good guy. I'll give you that he is welcome at my next oyster roast. He is also ineffective, he has been in congress long enough he should be chairman of some important committee. You mentioned Barney Frank, his chairmanship of the House Finance Committee is responsible for a huge part of our banking, real estate, and financial problems. Can't vote against Barney, but Mike's seat may be the one that keeps Barney from chairing one of the most important commiittees in Congress again. Over the years I have changed from a democrat, to unaffiliated, to recently republican. The reason I have watched the democrat part slowly become the democrat/socialist party. If Mike is a true moderate or conservative he would have changed parties as well.