Barton is an Idiot

Texas Rep. Joe Barton is an idiot and if the democrats use his comments and they will it could cost the GOP major momentum. Being a Texas house member Rep. Barton is going to be more friendly to big oil but apologizing to BP's CEO is insanely out of step. Barton should be replaced as ranking member of the energy committee and should be made to help clean up the mess in the gulf. Comments like this is exactly the out of touch feeling that voters are feeling from their representatives. The GOP does not need the this kind of distraction at the moment looking even more friendly towards business than the republicans generally do. With the gulf crisis and voters attitudes towards corporations this is not something that any republican running this cycle needs to be tied to Joe Barton.