Mike Lee Hires Lobbyist Spencer Stokes As Chief Of Staff

The Salt Lake Tribune:

Senator-elect Mike Lee has tapped one of Utah's most prominent lobbyists to lead his Washington staff and coordinate his transition from candidate to senator.

Spencer Stokes doesn't officially become a Senate staffer until Jan. 5, but he plans to bounce between Utah and Washington in the coming weeks as he tries to hire staff, set up the Senate office and ramp down his lobbying activities.

Read the whole story: The Salt Lake Tribune

Comments

[Petey131]

12:39 PM on 11/15/2010

How will the baggers spin this one?

[Yocepuc]

12:28 PM on 11/15/2010

Surprising to no one, except the TP'ers who voted for him, and they should have known better.

[mongus]

11:57 AM on 11/15/2010

Oh, the hypocrisy.

[The other mike]

10:35 AM on 11/15/2010

Once they achieve power, just about every anti-Washington movement gets absorbed by the "establishment" (money), which is one reason the tea party is destined to become another footnote in history. Money always wins.

[catcrazy]

10:10 AM on 11/15/2010

Why am I not surprised?

[lapdogs]

09:07 AM on 11/15/2010

Boy, that took Mike Lee a "real long time" to learn the ropes of Washington DC.

[schildpad]

06:03 AM on 11/15/2010

Lee is really going to pass up earmarks for a year? I'll believe that when I see it. As to his hiring a lobbyist to tell him what to do think and do - is anyone really surprised? That's what the republibaggers are all about.

[macrocosm]

01:29 AM on 11/15/2010

Hahahahahaah! Eat that baggers .. you've been had!

[sski74]

09:58 PM on 11/14/2010

This shouldn't be a surprise to anyone! They are sheep that follow their leader, Queen Sarah.

[Alfredo Zapata]

09:38 PM on 11/14/2010

Tea bagger Senators = BAU, Business as Usual

[taddles]

09:26 PM on 11/14/2010

Just curious, was anything the baggers promised for real? I mean it's been a whole two weeks and all and it's expected that they would flip flop on most everything but still.....does their word mean anything to anyone ever?

[Alfredo Zapata]

09:38 PM on 11/14/2010

They are flip floppin' like a beached fish

[Genders]

08:34 PM on 11/14/2010

Why the surprise? TP was Astroturf'ed into existence by lobbyists. What did you expect?

[ThomasPaineWeNeedYou]

04:11 PM on 11/14/2010

The more things change the more they stay the same. Tea Party Ha.

[roccekt]

04:05 PM on 11/14/2010

Country for Sale...........Cheap

[commentsareus]

02:36 PM on 11/14/2010

When the teabag voters conclusively learn that the purity of the tea in these elected teabaggers is at best blended, and they were duped ... I think we'll be hearing less and less about the tea party.

[leftyrock]

02:54 PM on 11/14/2010

I wish it were true.But the Baggers are a bunch of "Me Monkeys" ........Love to hear themselves speak...me me me me me me