A struggle for soul of Democrats

Sac Bee ^ | 11/8/02 | Lawrence M. O'Rourke

[NormsRevenge]

WASHINGTON -- The battle for the identity of the Democratic Party began in earnest Thursday, as Rep. Nancy Pelosi of San Francisco and Rep. Martin Frost of Texas presented themselves as new faces on the national political scene in a contest to succeed Dick Gephardt as House minority leader.

[NormsRevenge]

"2PAC" Pelosi vs. Marty "Coolio" Frost

Let's Get IT On!!!

[PhiKapMom]

My vote is for Pelosi! She could be the best thing that happens to Republicans for 2004!

[MWS]

Technically speaking, you need to actually have a soul before you can have a battle for one...

[cajungirl]

VERY SHORT STRUGGLE,,NO SOUL THERE

[Kevin Curry]

I'm pulling for Pelosi. I hope the Democrats lurch hard, hard left. I want them to lurch so hard left that even a few infantile and pouty libertarians will sober up at the voting booths long enough to make sensible and responsible decisions.

[OldFriend]

What are the dems going to do...........Ford wants to be the one!!!

[The_Victor]

"We must draw clear distinctions between our vision of the future and the extreme policies put forward by the Republicans," Pelosi said from San Francisco. "We cannot allow Republicans to pretend they share our values and then legislate against those values without consequence."

This is priceless!

"Do you need some more rope, Nancy?"

"Enough for the entire party?... No problem."

[Jonathon Spectre]

The enemy doesn't have a soul, only a rapacious bloodthirstiness.

[KC_Conspirator]

I'm pulling for Pelosi. I hope the Democrats lurch hard, hard left. I want them to lurch so hard left that even a few infantile and pouty libertarians will sober up at the voting booths long enough to make sensible and responsible decisions.

Right on! Pelosi and her wild eyed, shrill, anti-American and family hating axis of evil friends are going to make the Baghdad caucus the norm for the democrat party. It will be enough to sober up some libertarians (at least for a short while).

[valkyrieanne]

Republicans can have a lot of fun with this one. Every Dem-to-Republican crossover vote counts. Every Green vote counts (against the Dems!)

[jtw99]

Go Pelosi!

from InsidePolitics July 12, 2001 Lawmaker calls Condit 'good member of Congress' WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-California, expressed confidence Wednesday in her colleague Gary Condit, calling him a "good member of Congress" and saying he "did not have anything to do with the disappearance of Chandra Levy." Pelosi's comments to reporters are noteworthy because few lawmakers have publicly come to Condit's defense in recent days. "I know one thing for sure and that is Gary Condit did not have anything to do with the disappearance of Chandra Levy. I know as a mother of five children, four daughters," said Pelosi. She said the "major concern" should be finding the missing former intern with U.S. Bureau of Prisons.Pelosi has known Condit since the Democrats both served in the California legislature in the 1980s. She insists he is still effectively doing his job despite the controversy.

We need her in the Dim leadership.....what a judge of character!

[Savage Beast]

"A struggle for soul of Democrats"

A struggel for the what?!??

[PhiKapMom]

I vote for Pelosi! She would be a gift to our side!

Daschle still doesn't get it -- good thing he is staying!

[FITZ]

The Clintons sold it.

[Pres Raygun]

I want them to lurch so hard left that even a few infantile and pouty libertarians will sober up at the voting booths long enough to make sensible and responsible decisions.

If the libertarians here at FR are representative of the Libertarian party, a move by the RATs to the left may actually result in many Libertarians voting RAT not Republican. Many Libertarians are essentially single issue voters. If the RATs pushed for legalizing pot or ending the WOD, they could probably gain half of the Libertarian vote such as it is. Throw in an isolationist foreign policy and the RATs might get all of the Liberarian vote. In the process though the RATs would most certainly lose the mussy middle.

[Sideshow Bob]

A Struggle for Soul of Democrats

Democrats have souls?

I thought they had all sold them to Satan years ago.

[Cyber Liberty]

I see two ultra-left wingers running for minority (I never get tired of seeing that word associated with 'Craps, now in the Senate!) leader. Where's the struggle?

[Mike Fieschko]

There is no race. Pelosi will be chosen by the dems' caucus (next Thu, the 14th?).

She's worked up through the ranks,

she's 'next in line' in terms of the hierarchy of positions,

she's got lots of chits in terms of helping out other dems' campaigns,

she's a woman,

and she voted along with a majority of other dems against the war resolution.

That last, was when Gephardt lost the minority leadership spot.

[OldFriend]

Roger Hedgecock is filling in for Rush......he is discussing Ms. Nancy!!!

BTW, Daschle had the misfortune of being pre-empted by the prosecutors in VA, the UN vote, and the President.......did he ever give us the benefit of his thoughts this morning?