It's All About Them, Lauren Boebert Edition

en the case that budding politicians will "shop" for, then move to, the districts or states they consider most likely to help launch successful careers.

Then there's former US Senator Joe Lieberman.

In 2006, Lieberman lost the Democratic primary in his quest for a third term supposedly representing Connecticut. In response, he launched a "third party" campaign and ended up winning the general election with a plurality.

His choice of party name was telling. Most politicians would have gone with "Lieberman for Connecticut," but in a refreshing fit of honesty he chose "Connecticut for Lieberman," thus tacitly confessing that, in his view, the state of Connecticut existed for the sole purpose of providing him with a Senate seat for as long as he darn well felt like sitting in one.

Which is pretty much what Boebert's telling Coloradoans with her own House district move. And it just may work. Not for them, necessarily, but for her.

These people don't work for you. They work for themselves. You're just there to fund their paychecks and benefits. Don't forget that.