Rep. Steny H. Hoyer (D-Md.) was elected House majority leader this morning, defeating Speaker-designate Nancy Pelosi's candidate, Rep. John P. Murtha(D-Pa.).
I paused to cheer the democrats. (A rare occurence)
Hoyer won the No. 2 leadership job easily -- 149 to 86. But the showdown divided the Democratic House caucus only a week after the party won a majority of seats in the Congress that convenes in January. Before the caucus vote, a number of Democrats had complained that Pelosi and her allies used strong-arm tactics and threats to try to elect Murtha to the job.
Democrats this morning unanimously chose Pelosi (D-Calif.) to be the (strongarm) speaker of the House.
Washington Post
2 comments:
DANGIT!!!
I was really hoping Murtha got in as Majority Leader! It would have ensured much Komedy and would have helped the Republicans sweep in '08!
How disappointing!!!
It's not so funny if you are on the frontline.
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