[Oldeconomybuyer]

House Democrats elect Pelosi as their new leader
JIM ABRAMS, Associated Press Writer
Thursday, November 14, 2002
©2002 Associated Press

URL: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/news/archive/2002/11/14/national1222EST0609.DTL

(11-14) 09:22 PST WASHINGTON (AP) --  House Democrats on Thursday made Rep. Nancy Pelosi the first woman ever to head a political party's caucus in Congress.

In choosing Pelosi on a 177-29 vote, Democrats tasked the veteran California congresswoman with reviving a party stunned by election setbacks and facing a political landscape in which the White House and both houses of Congress are controlled by Republicans.

Democrats settled on the 62-year-old liberal to succeed Dick Gephardt of Missouri, who ended his eight years as party leader after an election where Republicans cemented their control over the House and won back the majority in the Senate.

[PhiKapMom]

So Ford only got 29 votes? Guess that should tell him something about the Clinton DemocRATs! HEHEHE!!!!

[NautiNurse]

177-29 vote

Not even close...pass the popcorn, please.

[Babsig]

Let the fun begin. They are making this too easy for us.

[DeFault User]

Pelosi on a 177-29 vote

Of the 29 non-KoolAid drinkers, how many will we get as refugees?