The appointment of Dennis Kruse as Chairman of the Senate Education Committee came as a surprise to some.  While he was ranking member of the Ed committee and knows the issues, Sen. Kruse (R-Auburn)  must give up his other committee chairmanship to take the post.

It’s interesting because he was relatively new to the position of  Chairman of the Pensions and Labor Committee and seemed to like it. 

It means that Senate President Pro Tem David Long now has another committee chairmanship to fill and it’s a move that suggests bigger considerations are at stake.

For example, does Long feel the need to appoint one of the growing number of right wingers to a chairmanship to protect his own position as Pro Tem? 

Is the Pensions Committee a safer place than the Education Committee to put someone who may be more difficult to control? #fb