Is this flattering?

Just a really strange puff piece on rookie congressman Patrick McHenry(R - N.C.) I can't figure out if it's supposed to be flattering or what. You judge.

Don't let his age fool you. The youngest member of Congress says he thinks he has Capitol Hill all figured out, though he's been on the job only 10 months.

"This place is a much more sophisticated junior high school," 30-year-old Rep. Patrick McHenry, R-N.C., said recently in an interview. "There are the nice guys that everybody likes, the jocks, the geeks, the bullies — they're all here. It's a representative democracy."

It's easy to imagine where McHenry fits in this analogy. The freshman lawmaker, whose birthday was Saturday, would be the kid brother, the one eager to subject himself to an occasional barb if it helps him get into the club. .....

Brash, enthusiastic and a strong believer in an aggressive conservative agenda, McHenry is clearly looked upon by GOP leaders as just the type of eager-to-please foot soldier needed for carrying on their cause. ....

And just like a kid brother, McHenry has remained loyal as scandals threaten the crowd he has joined. He continues to lead cheers for Rep. Tom DeLay, R-Texas, after his indictment on money-laundering charges, and for Karl Rove, Bush's political adviser caught up in an investigation into the leak of a CIA agent's identity. .....

When he won the primary by 85 votes, he promptly received $10,000 each from the political action committees operated by Hastert, DeLay and another Republican leader, Rep. Roy Blunt (news, bio, voting record), R-Mo. He won in November with 63 percent of the vote against Democratic social worker Anne Fischer.

Okay, so let's assume that I'm from the 10th district in N.C. I have just learned that my rep is an eager-to-please foot soldier, who remains loyal to his bosses no matter how crooked they are, and takes money from Delay and Abramoff(through Blunt) who are both under investigation for finance fraud.

So, am I happy with this guy? Just weird.