Those who would have supported Hoyer have been defeated.
It was always Pelousy’s plan to get them out of office to cement her power.
Hoyer ran against Pelousy last time, did he not? He is slightly less left then she is but the Clyburn guy is great for us. He is everything we could hope for. Look at it this way, the dems already have 90+% of the black vote locked in. When the rest of the electorate sees exactly what it is this guy represents, they will vote for anyone who is not physically and verbally in sync with him and his racist notions. Double down with the asshat in the white house and it looks like another tidal wave coming in 2012.