Overheard: What Alan Grayson Thinks of the DSCC – Roll Call

Overheard: What Alan Grayson Thinks of the DSCC

Grayson is considering running for Florida Senate. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call File Photo)

By Cameron Easley

Posted May 4, 2015 at 4:41pm

“… Voters choose our party nominee, not out-of-touch party bosses sipping cognac in a smoke-filled room in Washington, D.C.”

— Florida Rep. Alan Grayson, when asked by The Tampa Bay Times whether the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee’s decision to back fellow Democratic Rep. Patrick Murphy’s bid for Senate would influence his decision to run.
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