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| Sten Hoyer for Speaker of the House! |
| 2006-11-14 |
| This is what's called "thinking outside the box." Would be nice if someone actually did it. Whether Hoyer or Murtha becomes Majority Leader, the Democrats will begin their reign with very hard feelings and a divided Caucus. In the spirit of engendering bipartisanship, I have an idea. Actually, this is someone else's idea, but I promised I wouldn't tell who it was. Assume the GOP ends up with 203-or so-seats when all the recounts are over. And say all 203 of those Republican Members of the House were to tell Steny Hoyer that they feel his pain over the Pelosi/Murtha thing and they have decided to vote for him for Speaker. If Hoyer went into the election for Speaker with 203 GOP votes, he would only need to find 15 Democrats who don't like or trust Pelosi (not exactly a stretch) to get to the magic number of 218 - an absolute majority of the 435 Members - and Mrs. Pelosi would be a very important member of the House Appropriations Committee. Period. Republicans could look the Popular Press squarely in the eye and say: "What higher level of bipartisanship can there be than crossing over the aisle to vote for the other party?" Quick! Call Time Magazine and tell them to hold off on that "Person of the Year" cover for Nancy Pelosi. Please please please please please do this! |
| Posted by:Mike |
| #8 PRAVDA.RU various articles > AL QAEDA planning to blow up 30 airliners over XMAS = EOM December 2007; Amer-based [Lefty?]pundit whom subscribes to PRAVDA anticipates LITTLE TO NO CHANGE FROM DEMS; RUMMY RESIGNS, RUSSIA PREPARES TO FIGHT [WHat?Whom? WHere? Terrorists?]. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2006-11-14 23:50 |
| #7 Why would the GOP do something like that? They were told by their one-time supporters, "you screwed up so we'd rather suffer the donks than keep you around". So the GOP will say, if you wanna suffer, make it so. Madam of the House Nancy, Mad Dog as Whip, Rangel as Ways & Means and Hastings guarding your secrets.... be careful what you wish for..... |
| Posted by: Ebbineling Theager7043 2006-11-14 14:26 |
| #6 By all means elect Pelosi Speaker. After two years of the idiocy the Donks won’t see power again until 2050 or later. They have a Clintonista advising them to raise taxes, Murtha as majority Leader, and don’t get me started on the chairmanships. Not only will Saturday Night Live have tons of material but I suspect that some Donk members might just face a recall election after their constituents see how they are acting. A lot of the freshman got elected by leaving the term “Democrat” and “Liberal” far from any commercial or sound bite. |
| Posted by: Cyber Sarge 2006-11-14 09:53 |
| #5 Not going to happen. Trunk leadership isnt that smart at this point in time. Plus Pelosi is a better foil against which they can take Congress back in 08. |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2006-11-14 09:15 |
| #4 Well, then who in the world decided Nancy was the "presumtive" Speaker? Oh, yeah...the press. |
| Posted by: Bobby 2006-11-14 09:10 |
| #3 Yes, they do. Not for Majority Leader, but for Speaker of the House, they will. (Recall the "nail biter" between Newt Gingrich and that guy from Missouri whose name escapes me... the guy with all the imaginary friends who "tell" him things...) |
| Posted by: eLarson 2006-11-14 08:22 |
| #2 GOP politicos thinking strategically - yeah, right. |
| Posted by: DMFD 2006-11-14 06:49 |
| #1 Really? Do the Trunks getta vote? |
| Posted by: Bobby 2006-11-14 06:48 |