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We could try. The Speaker does make committee assignments and at the least, we'd like to see the Blue Dogs where they can do the most good. We have nothing to lose and everything to gain by backing Dan Boren for House Speaker.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." -Manuel II Paleologus

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The Speaker does make committee assignments and at the least, we'd like to see the Blue Dogs where they can do the most good. We have nothing to lose and everything to gain by backing Dan Boren for House Speaker.

Mild disagreement. Pelosi as speaker has the potential to fracture the Democrats more than Boren. According to some reports she's planning on getting even with some of the moderate Democrats that may have disagreed with her over the yeares by denying them chairmanships or swithching committee assignments. This obviously has the potential to create dissention in the ranks, and she may well be smart enough not to do it. But I'd like to give her a chance to do some damage first.