White_Male_Canada
11-17-2006, 09:01 PM
Please no ! We want the kook socialist fringe front and center ! :cry:
Don't Follow the Leader
By Daniel Politi
Posted Friday, Nov. 17, 2006, at 6:15 AM ET
(Slate's Timothy Noah is worried about this attitude and urges Democrats to place the speaker on probation)....
Everybody notes that the election of Hoyer is a sign that in the end, Pelosi really wasn't able to convince that many Democrats. "Basically, she got spanked," a House Democrat tells the Post. The LAT is quick to point out this whole conflict "sent a clear signal of what kind of leader she is: an old-style politician who puts a premium on personal loyalty, even at the risk of high-profile defeat." Both Hoyer and Murtha claimed to have majorities before the vote, showing that it is likely some pledged to support Pelosi but then backed out while casting the secret ballot.
http://www.slate.com/id/2154043/?nav=fix
Don't Follow the Leader
By Daniel Politi
Posted Friday, Nov. 17, 2006, at 6:15 AM ET
(Slate's Timothy Noah is worried about this attitude and urges Democrats to place the speaker on probation)....
Everybody notes that the election of Hoyer is a sign that in the end, Pelosi really wasn't able to convince that many Democrats. "Basically, she got spanked," a House Democrat tells the Post. The LAT is quick to point out this whole conflict "sent a clear signal of what kind of leader she is: an old-style politician who puts a premium on personal loyalty, even at the risk of high-profile defeat." Both Hoyer and Murtha claimed to have majorities before the vote, showing that it is likely some pledged to support Pelosi but then backed out while casting the secret ballot.
http://www.slate.com/id/2154043/?nav=fix