February 09, 2011 10:40 PM UTC

Keith King Stops GOP's School Breakfast Bleeding

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• by: Colorado Pols

Somewhere between the ignominious killing off of Rep. Randy Baumgardner’s Arizona copycat immigration bill today and this story told by FOX 31’s Eli Stokols, we’re beginning to think the GOP huddled over the weekend, and had realizations about some things that were hurting them:

Weeks after a public outcry over Republicans’ decision not to approve funding for a program that offers free school breakfasts to needy Colorado kids, a Republican senator has restored the funding.

Sen. Keith King, R-Colorado Springs, moved a successful amendment Wednesday to approve the $124,229 in extra funding that the Smart Start program needed to operate through the end of the current school year…

Wednesday’s move by King, also a school principal, robbed Democrats of the chance to play the hero by restoring the funds.

It seems to us that a couple of weeks ago the brand damage was done here, but Sen. Keith King still gets the nominal credit for putting this embarrassing episode to bed. Kind of like the gangster who turns state’s evidence, the people extend their thanks–sort of.

Of course, like we say, maybe it’s a whole new GOP, right?