Mike Lee faces Growing Backlash At Home For Defunding Effort

Talking Points Memo:

Ted Kludt
6:30 am Eastern Time
October 23rd

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/sen-mike-lee-faces-growing-backlash-at-home-for-defunding-effort
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The campaign to defund the Affordable Care Act may have endeared him to the tea party, but Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) is facing an increasingly disgruntled constituency at home for his leading role in the quixotic effort that led to the government shutdown and brought the United States close to default.

Look no further than a pair of articles published Wednesday in The Washington Post and The Wall Street Journal, both of which focus on the growing backlash against Lee in Utah.


The Post quoted A. Scott Anderson, the president of a prominent Utah bank who raised money for Lee's successful 2010 campaign.

“If things are to happen, you can’t just stick to your principles. You have to make things work. . . . You’ve got to be practical," Anderson said, as quoted by the Post.