Posted on 11/17/2010 2:41:02 PM PST by FTJM
Nancy Pelosi has been elected to lead House Democrats in the new Congress despite presiding over the loss of more than 60 House seats in the midterm elections.
The 70-year-old California liberal was opposed by Rep. Heath Shuler of North Carolina in her bid to become minority leader in the new Congress. Shuler argued that Pelosi needed to go after presiding over the loss of the chamber earlier this month.
"There was a lot of unrest in the room for several hours," Shuler said following the vote, arguing the strength of his challenge "sends a message" that the party needs to change direction.
Pelosi ultimately had little trouble repelling the challenge from Shuler, one of the relatively-conservative Blue Dog Democrats who saw their numbers decimated in the midterms. The secret ballot vote was 150 for Pelosi to 43 for Shuler.
Following the vote, Pelosi said "it's about jobs, about reducing the deficit, and about fighting for the middle class, so I look forward to doing that with this new leadership team."
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Christmas comes early!
Proof positive...Democraps are mentally defective fools.
Merry Christmas to you then. 1...term...Barak
The gift that keeps on giving. Ye’haw!
The gift that keeps on giving. Ye’haw!
The Dems once again make laughingstocks of themselves.
Wow, it's gonna be easy for Republicans to win in 2012 with her as their postercrone.
She is the best the Democrats have to offer !!
No. REALLY !
I think they played too much of their hand too soon and its gonna be a hard lesson for them the next election or two and all the momentum we can get against them.
Pelosi is elected to lead the Demorats in the house
....and these dim-wits prefer to be called “progressives”
There’s nothing progressive about this stupidity
Amazing how the loser gets top billing.
I guess the Blue Dogs have cover now. They can say they didn’t vote for Pelosi to be leader.
This is good. Boehner knows what a snake she is. Everything dirty from the Dems will have her signature on it.
Had Shuler won, he would have been the good cop and NP the bad cop doing evil in deep background.
What a blessing. This proves that the best definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again expecting different results! Hope she enjoys commercial flight!
APPARENTLY THE IDIOT DIMS NEVER HEARD THE OLD ADAGE—SOMETHING ABOUT WHEN YOU FIND YOURSELF IN A HOLE—STOP DIGGING!
I LOVE WATCHING THEM SELF DESTRUCT.
Stupid is as stupid does!
I’ll be smiling for the rest of the week!
Joe Donnelly (IN-2) had his "I didn't vote for Pelosi" press release ready to hit the local news before the vote was even tallied.
Never a possibility after the Congressional Black Caucus started lining up behind Rep. Clyburn. Pelosi became the default pick of the three (Pelosi, Clyburn & Shuler).
Besides the so-called "Blue Dogs" have always been junior partners among House Democrats. When push-comes-to-shove they always fall into line and vote the way Nancy tells them.
Sure there is - they get progressively more stupid and clueless with every passing month :).
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