[Senator Clay Davis]

Hey I agree its very poor optics, but my point was more that every party would do the same in the same circumstances because it's the smart political thing to do. Of course it looks bad, but you think the people in that constituency care? Of course everyone else hates it, but of course if the roles were reversed they'd be all for it in their constituency.

People will almost always vote to maximize their own utility, and parties will always try to say and do the things that ensure they appear to be trying to maximize voters utility. It's just politics. It's funny cause I think very little of Dirks but can't actually be mad at him for doing what everyone else would do in the same situation.