Murtha Loses--And So Does PelosiCan it, David? Do you have to ask?The vote count is in: Steny Hoyer defeated Jack Murtha 149 to 86 for the majority leader post in the House.
There's no way to spin this: this was a big loss for incoming House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. The vote wasn't close. Her ally was rejected....
Moreover, Murtha, the candidate with the most ardent antiwar credentials, lost--and did so decisively. How will this be interpreted (or exploited) by pundits and politicos who oppose the Pelosi/Murtha call for the withdrawal of troops? Murtha champions did try to turn the majority leader race into a debate on the Iraq war. Can the vote be read as an indicator that many House Democrats don't support Pelosi all the way on her opposition to the war?
For that matter, Pelosi's own "opposition to the war" has always had a flimsy, pro-forma look to me, and I'm not convinced that she really went balls-to-the-wall for Murtha, either. Call me hypersuspicious and paranoid, but this whole shadow-play looks a lot like Nancy setting up a proactive "hey, I tried" defense.
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Just a quick peek at OpenSecrets.Org reveals Pelosi to the the Representative from Lockheed. She was banking on getting Murtha's Airwar Plan into gear to benefit several of her major donors. (Ground wars are sooo unprofitable, dontchaknow.) So David "DNC Shill" Corn is right, just in a wrong way. As usual.
Posted by AlanSmithee | November 16, 2006 4:50 PM
Posted on November 16, 2006 16:50
horse shit
defeat for THE NAN ???
AGAIN I SAY ...HORSE SHIT
bela just marked paid
on a personal
iou
yes steny and the madame are not chek by jopwl
not in the least..
but
this was not a to the mattresses operation
lesson
the same old TARTS are running the pantry
this was nothing but pro forma work out
i'm sure our lady of the bay
knew murtha was dead meat before she wrote the endorsing letter
if it had been close she would have stsayed private and applied muscle where it might have tipped the scales
is there are real question here?
yes
is speaker pelosi
anything real
or just a useful figment
to hurl at on coming prog illusionaires
Posted by js paine | November 16, 2006 5:12 PM
Posted on November 16, 2006 17:12