Posted on 11/28/2014 3:54:47 AM PST by Kaslin
No one in Washington much cares what House Democrats do these days. House rules tend to ensure that the main job of members of the minority is to show up, vote "no" and lose. And in the next Congress, Democrats will have fewer seats in the House than they've had since 1929 and 1930.
So not too much notice was directed last week at Nancy Pelosi's first major intraparty defeat since she became House Democratic leader in 2003. She won that post by defeating colleague Steny Hoyer (they worked as interns in the same Maryland senator's office in the early 1960s) and has been winning fights ever since. Until now.
That defeat was the election by the Democratic Caucus of New Jersey's Frank Pallone to be ranking minority member of the Energy and Commerce Committee over Pelosi's choice, California's Anna Eshoo. The election was conducted by secret ballot, and the vote was 100-90.
Those numbers are a vivid contrast to the totals in what was probably the most dramatic leadership vote in the Democratic caucus, the contest for majority leader in 1976, 38 years ago. The winner was Texas' Jim Wright, who would go on to become speaker after Tip O'Neill retired 10 years later. The loser was California's Phil Burton. The vote was 148-147. Burton spent the rest of his life -- he died suddenly in 1983, at 56 -- trying to track down those who had committed to him but cast their secret ballot for Wright.
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So..where is the problem here?
Her district is San Freaksisco... aging hippys, hipsters, queers and the truly delusional... I’m working in the area right now (live in Texas). The “industry” in her district is mainly software and insurance.
It is amazing how many hard left true believers there are in the area.
on reality? She never had it ...
Can you say Schadenfreude bitch?
The only reason the Demorats let her talk this long was because she was the only one crazy enough to spout this insane crap the socialists were pushing. Most of them knew it would all fail but were afraid of being called mean just like the Republicans have been.
Yes most “locked in” Dem congressional districts are heavily black, but Nan’s isn’t at all. Her winning 83% tells you the MDMA they put in the drinking water out there really works!
“That’s sad about Burton — perhaps anger over his loss brought him to an early demise.”
Sad? Burton (and his brother John) were both huge Sacks of S. Trust me, I live in Northern CA. And they were a hellofa lot smarter than Pelousey.
The Fla Panhandle is still blue?
Voter fraud.
The silver lining is that Romney should be finished as a potential 2016 Presidential candidate.
Not only did Obama tie Obamacre to Romneycare....Gruber confessed that the uber-
liberal Massachusetts officials committed govt fraud---and that Uncle Teddy ripped-off
Medicare for $500 million to subsidize Romneycare.
No wonder they were all laughing like fools at the signing ceremony.
Hmmph! The rigor must be wearing off...
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