rssBlue Dog Dem: I Won’t Vote for Pelosi Again
Tuesday, August 25, 2009 at 2:24 pm
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Good catch by Paul Bedard, from a town hall meeting where first-term conservative Rep. Parker Griffith (D-Ala.) was asked if he’d support Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) for Speaker of the House again.
I would not vote for her. Someone that divisive and that polarizing cannot bring us together.
What Griffith is suggesting is not unprecedented. Rep. Gene Taylor (R-Miss.) voted against Pelosi in 2005, opting instead for … Rep. John Murtha (D-Pa.) But Taylor turned around voted for Pelosi in 2007, when the procedural vote for speaker actually mattered. Griffith committed to something fairly irksome to party leadership, and something he’d be hard-pressed to stand by if, say, Democrats hold a mere one-seat majority.
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5 Comments
Comment posted August 25, 2009 @ 8:41 pm
You have to expect a few clowns under the Big Tent. No way to avoid it unless you want to end up a misbegotten “rump” like the GOP.
Comment posted August 25, 2009 @ 9:22 pm
Unless you were being cheeky, Gene Taylor is a Democrat.
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Comment posted August 27, 2009 @ 2:01 pm
What took so long to catch on.She doesn't need a jet,she should use her broom.
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