Posted on 03/08/2002 8:46:07 AM PST by codebreaker
House Democrats expect that current minority leader Dick Gephardt will resign from the leadership post if his party fails, as expected, to win back the house from the Republicans. Gephardt would then focus all of his energies on a presidential bid.
Already Texas Rep. Martin Frost has announced his intention to succeed Gephardt should he step down. Although Democratic Whip Nancy Pelosi has been coy about going public with her plans, the California congresswoman has told several staffers in Washington and back home that she intends to challenge Frost for the leadership post.
Frost operatives have wasted no time attacking Pelosi. Several associates of Frost on the Democratic leadership team say Frost backers leaked information about contibutions Pelosi made to Democratic colleagues. In the most controversial, she gave 10,000 from her leadership PAC to Rep. Lynn Rivers, who is running against warhorse Rep. John Dingell for a newly redistricted Michigan seat. Pelosi stands to win big if Dingell loses: Her longtime friend and political ally Henry Waxman would be the new ranking member on the Commerce Committee.
"Waxman would do just about anything for Nancy," says a Democratic House member. "And she would do the same for him. There were other ways Nancy could have helped Rivers. The fact she did so directly had to be a message to Dingell on behalf of Waxman."
Bet Conyer and Rangle are tired of being in the minority. Many of the 'Blue Dog" dems will eventiually retire(Hall,Stenholm etc, think there are 8 that are in heavily repub districts. Kennedy looks as bad as Strom, Biden, Byrd, Hollings and Levin are not getting any younger.
Frost could not win a state-wide election in Texas.
Once again, good, sound reasoning beats Dim thinking any day of the week.
Thanks, mom.
If this isn't enough motivation: getting rid of little DICK, I don't know what is!!!
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Unless something has happened here in Texas that I don't know about, Frost is in a very safe district. :(
...House Minority Leader DICK GEPHARDT, you wanted to wait till the Voters in his Congressional District had their say about GARY CONDIT before you acted and they have told him .."NO".. this very week...!!!
...Isn't it now your turn....?
Bad headline. The article doesn't say anything about "Little Dick" Gephardt retiring. He'll merely resign from the leadership post he's held if the house stays GOP.
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All the more reason to work hard for the Republicans all over the country. This is a great incentive!
So is clintbilly. Why did women vote for him? Oh, I remember - he feels their pain. (and anything else he can)
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