Payback is a...

U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers, (R-Saks) used a day of his two-week break from his congressional duties in Washington, D.C. to drop in on a few of his constituents at Auburn University Montgomery.



AUM and the main campus of Auburn University are both in congressional District 3, which Rogers represents.



Rogers talked a bit about the economy, the war and homeland security. But some of the most interesting comments he had to make (at least in this reporter's humble opinion) were about how Congressional Democrats were wielding their new majority in Congress.



Despite President Barack Obama's commitment to bipartisanship, Rogers says Speaker of House Nancy Pelosi (whom he described as "crazy," "mean as a snake" and "Tom DeLay in a skirt") and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid didn't get that memo.



"They don't talk to us," he said. "They've got the vote, and they can do what they want."



Rogers said to be fair Democrats are paying Republicans back for how they were treated when the Republicans controlled Congress.



"Republican leaders didn't talk to the Democrats," he said. "The attitude was 'We have the votes on our side, let the Democrats whine.'"



Rogers said that's a culture that needs to change if Congress wants to get more done in between election cycles.



"At some point we've got to recognize that the power goes back and forth," he said. "One side only has it for a finite time and we've got to work together while the minority is still sensitive because that's going to be us one day."

Update: Party chairman offers to bring Pelosi, Rogers together if he apologizes: http://southunionstreet.blogspot.com/2009/04/chairman-makes-offer-to-bring-pelosi.html

-- posted byMarkeshia Ricks