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June 27, 2010 (FinancialWire) (By “The Political Prophet”®) — Texas Congressman Joe Barton (R) inadvertently made the largest contribution of the year to the Democrats’ campaign committees and to President Obama. Single-handedly, he gave audio, video and print copy advertising material to every consultant trying to salvage the reelection hopes of dozens of marginal Democrats.

Here’s what Barton should have said; “If the attorney general of the United States publicly threatened a corporation (or individual) in Texas with criminal incitement and used that threat to negotiate for a civil settlement ($20 billion comes to mind) the chief law enforcement officer could very well could be subject to disbarment or other sanctions under the Texas Rules of Professional Conduct for Attorneys. Mr. Holder acted in an unethical manor and the President of the United States encouraged him to break the rules.”

It is an established fact that some politicians are just tone deaf. Clearly, Barton fits the mold, as does former Vice President Dick Cheney whose former boss many years ago, President Ford, was a legislative genius but tone deaf as a politician.

Barton has now become the Senator Robert Byrd (D-WV) of the Republican Party. He must be escorted out of sight and into places where he can do no further damage, including service as a poster boy for the Democrats. He has gone the way of many whose seniority and chairmanship of an important congressional committee inflated his assessment of his own acumen well beyond all reason. Something as simple as reviewing your planned remarks with a trusted staff member must be standard operating procedure for high-profile spokesmen, and either Barton didn’t check before he spoke or his staff is tone deaf too.

THE POLITICAL PROPHET® predicts that the video of Congressman Barton from the hearing last week will be the “gift that keeps on giving” for the Democrats and that he will either choose to retire or he will face serious primary opposition in 2012. House GOP Leadership will let the dust settle, inventory the situation and either ease him toward the door or ignore him. He is still young enough to make some serious money as a former member and it is unlikely that leadership will arrange the chairmanship for him again.

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