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Saturday, November 6, 2010

I guess losing more then 60 seats wasn't enough






Pelosi will seek to stay as House Dem leader


(The wicked witch of the left decides to stay)



WASHINGTON — Despite widespread complaints about massive losses that will put Democrats in the minority, Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Friday she will try to stay on as leader of her party in the House.




The decision exposed a rift between Pelosi's liberal allies and the dwindling number of moderate Democrats, who feel besieged and eager for substantive and symbolic changes in direction after Tuesday's Republican rout. It also is likely to trigger leadership battles farther down the ladder.

Pelosi, the nation's first female speaker, said many colleagues urged her to seek the post of minority leader in the new Congress that convenes in January. That will be the Democrats' top post, because Republicans, who grabbed more than 60 Democratic-held seats Tuesday, will elect the next speaker. It will be John Boehner of Ohio, who will swap titles with Pelosi if she succeeds in her bid.

"We have no intention of allowing our great achievements to be rolled back," Pelosi, 70, said in a letter to her colleagues.

Allies said Pelosi would not make the bid unless she felt she had the votes. Some cautioned, however, that House members vote by secret ballot when electing the leaders of their respective parties at the start of each new Congress. Pelosi's caucus is more heavily liberal now that many moderate Democrats lost on Tuesday, but even some Pelosi admirers are distressed by the magnitude of the losses.

Several moderates, and even some longtime Pelosi supporters, had openly criticized her in their re-election campaigns, and had urged her to step aside. Pelosi's Friday announcement caught some off guard.

Rep. John Yarmuth, D-Ky., had told a Louisville TV station on Thursday, "as good a leader as she has been, I don't think she's the right leader to take us forward."

He reversed field Friday after she announced her intentions, and after a senior Pelosi ally, Rep. George Miller of California, called him.

Pelosi "has proven time and time again that she is able to build consensus in a caucus comprised of members from all across the ideological spectrum," Yarmuth said.

Other House Democrats held their ground.

Rep. Joe Donnelly, D-Ind., said he was "disappointed that Speaker Pelosi is going to seek the position of Minority Leader." North Carolina Rep. Larry Kissell's office said he hopes Pelosi "will change her mind and step aside."

Reps. Dan Boren of Oklahoma and Mike Ross of Arkansas also said they opposed Pelosi.

They were among the many House Democrats whom Republicans criticized for their loyalty to the California liberal, who was a forceful though generally well-liked speaker. During her four years as Speaker, Pelosi used all her political muscle to enact contentious measures such as President Barack Obama's health care overhaul.

Republicans were giddy in learning the news.

Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele, in a meeting with reporters, put his hands over his head and applauded. "My breath is taken away by that announcement," he said, grinning.

In a statement, White House spokesman Bill Burton said the president appreciates the work of Pelosi and the Democratic leadership team "who have been great partners in moving the country forward" and he looks forward to working with them.

Pelosi's announcement set off a likely battle for the No. 2 Democratic leadership job, now held by Majority Leader Steny Hoyer of Maryland. The party's third-ranking leader, House Whip Jim Clyburn of South Carolina, said he will try to keep the job, which will become the second in command when Democrats become the minority.

If Clyburn — the House's highest-ranking African-American — prevails, Hoyer would be forced out of the leadership ranks for the first time in many years.

Hoyer said he would make a decision after consulting with lawmakers, adding, "I have received an outpouring of support from Democratic colleagues who have told me that I should remain in our party's leadership."

Hoyer is more centrist than Pelosi, and the two have long had a cordial but somewhat wary relationship.

Pelosi's bid presumably will keep her atop the Democratic caucus, which will number about 190 members next year. But it would mark a big drop from being speaker, which carries tremendous power to influence legislation and is second only to the vice president in the line of presidential succession.

Among those defending her was Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr., D-Ill. "We're in a political storm," he said, "but we don't need to adopt an 'any leader in a storm' mentality."

Several Democratic lawmakers in conservative districts had vowed to oppose Pelosi as speaker, but some of them lost their re-election bids all the same.

One survivor, Rep. Heath Shuler of North Carolina, had said he might challenge Pelosi because the party needs a more moderate leader. Shuler noted that he lost his job as Washington Redskins quarterback in 1997 after the team performed poorly.

As the magnitude of Tuesday's election losses sunk in, even some longtime supporters of Pelosi said she needed to step aside as the party leader.

"I voted for everything she asked me to vote for," said Rep. Albio Sires, D-N.J. "You know, sometimes in this business it's difficult to know when to move on."

"With all the losses that we had with governors and all the redistricting that's going to be done, we don't need the target," Sires said, referring to the once-a-decade House redistricting process about to begin nationwide.

If Pelosi remains as the Democrats' House leader, it's possible the party will absorb historic election losses without making significant leadership changes. In the Senate, Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., will keep his post.

Pelosi's decision also may enable Republicans to keep demonizing her as an emblem of Democratic liberalism, as they did in so many campaigns this fall.

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Associated Press writers Philip Elliott, Andrew Taylor, David Espo, Ben Evans, Henry C. Jackson, Julie Pace and Stephen Ohlemacher contributed to this report.







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Friday, November 5, 2010

Fall on the sword Nancy...Just like you told Congress






   Come January Pelosi is no longer 

the Speaker of the House.










What could be better?











Rumor: Pelosi may quit Congress altogether



Speculation is running wild inside the Washington Beltway that dethroned Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi may leave Congress altogether.


She tells ABC's Diane Sawyer that "I'll have a conversation with my caucus, I'll have a conversation with my family, and pray over it, and decide how to go forward."

"Today is not the day for that decision," said Pelosi, but she did not flat out say she was staying in Congress.

There's even speculation that she may not be around for the next Congress and instead step down before the new Congress is sworn in next January.

Pelosi has served 12 terms in Congress. If she steps down, it'll be the first time in a long time that California has seen what would likely be a Democratic free-for-all in her district.



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Thursday, November 4, 2010

My July 7th 2010 email



From: XXXXXXXXXX
Date: July 7, 2010 12:44:44 PM EDT
To: XXXXXXXXXXXXX
Cc: XXXXXXXXXXXXX
Subject: What planet is this guy.....





Now I know we are a lock in November!




'I think we're going to do a great deal better than anyone gives us credit for,' Biden said of Democrats' chances in the 2010 elections.

THANKS JOE 




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Tuesday, November 2, 2010

Finally my day as arrived



I will savor today like a fine surf and turf at Ruth's Chris Steakhouse with a bottle of Montepulciano d'Abruzzo.

A vote today against a Democrat, is a vote cast against Obama.

You need only to ask yourself one question.  How are we better off now then during the Bush administration?

Name me one positive step Obama has taken to contribute to the success of this country?

Look at him…he hasn't got a clue.


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Sunday, October 31, 2010

US voter top 10 hit list



As you can see they have a propensity for using the finger. Lets give them the finger November 2nd! 

Listed in order of duplicity in an endeavor to destroy this country.

Hope+Change= Socialism


Nancy  "you have to vote for it to find out what's in it"  Pelosi




Harry  "the war is lost'  Reid





Barney "Fannie and Freddie are basically sound"  Frank




Chuck "Democrats don't relate to middle class people"  Schumer





Barbara "Call me Senator" Boxer





Dennis  "I'm voting no on the healthcare bill"  Kucinich






Alan  "The Republican plan is to die early"  Grayson




 Pete  "The more debt we owe, the wealthier we are" Stark 





  John  "I think there has been an exaggeration of the terrorist threat".  Kerry







  Russ  "The law (Healthcare) is going to look pretty damn good in two years”  Feingold





And the grand finale. The Democrats  in our own house  give Mexican president — Felipe Calderon a standing ovation after he rips Arizona a new one over the SB1070 immigration bill.

Despicable bastards... does not even begin to cover it!







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