Congressman Green's definition of a special interest group

Congressman Green had this to say about his deciding vote to cut funding for students and seniors:

"And, despite the efforts of liberal special interest groups to convince me otherwise, I firmly believe in the merits of this fiscally-sound reform package, and was proud to support it.”

Wisconsin college students and seniors facing the prospect of life in a nursing home are liberal special interest groups? You would think someone running for governor would indeed take a special interest in these two groups, but you would be wrong in the case of Congressman Mark Green. Ok, students don't vote that often even though they should, but the seniors do show up. In droves.

The AARP, which is never mistaken for a liberal group, recently released a poll that was conducted in Green's district. They found 81% of people over 50 were against the cuts in the bill that Green voted for yesterday. That included 72% of the Republican surveyed and 83% of the Independents surveyed.

If Congressman Green is tossing off 81% of his constituents as nothing more than liberal special interests, I can't wait to see how his campaign thinks it's going to win with 19% of the people on his side.