Huelskamp an ‘eccentric and far-right’ populist

Salon noted that “when it comes to representing the eccentric and far-right populism that’s come to dominate American politics since the rise of the tea party, Kansas Rep. Tim Huelskamp is pretty hard to beat” – adding that the Right Wing Watch site has four pages of archived posts about the two-term congressman. Democratic challenger Jim Sherow, a former Manhattan mayor, told Salon he found the government shutdown “really embarrassing” and said Huelskamp can’t represent the needs of the district after having been booted from the House agriculture and budget panels. “What people are beginning to realize is that when you can’t even work with your own party leadership, how in the world are you ever going to work across the aisle to make any kind of compromises that will move any piece of legislation forward?” Sherow asked. – Rhonda Holman

This story was originally published September 8, 2014 at 12:03 PM with the headline "Huelskamp an ‘eccentric and far-right’ populist."