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The U.S. House schedule provides representatives with one week a month to spend in their districts. Rep. Frank Guinta spent his in the Granite State burnishing his Tea Party credentials.
In Rochester (Jan. 31):
Asked if he favored doing away with the Federal Reserve Board, Guinta said, "I would support eliminating the Fed."
A standard Tea Party screed. Let's abolish the central bank and take away the government's ability to control the money supply to fight unemployment and inflation and moderate business cycles. Hey, the Great Depression wasn't all that bad.
In Laconia (Feb. 3):
Guinta sidestepped a question about investigations into whether the president was an American citizen.
So much for leadership. But Guinta has to treat Birthers delicately. To be taken seriously in Washington, he can't embrace them -- but he can't denounce them either, they're his base.
"I wasn't sent to Washington to raise the debt ceiling."
Nor to favor ideology over reason. Even Speaker John Boehner says it will mean "financial disaster" for the global economy if Congress fails to raise the debt ceiling.
