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.
Fall on the sword Nancy...Just like you told Congress
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!
As usual McCain sits in the background doing nothing. Arizonians... you brought this on yourself when you re-elected this asshole.
Let me see if I got this straight. In the future illegals don't have to show proof of citizenship to vote. They only have to swear they are citizens... under penalty of perjury. This assumes they have the utmost respect for our laws. In which case if they had any they wouldn't be here to begin with. In essence illegals will be allowed to vote out the very people who are trying to get rid of them!
Our next stop the Twilight Zone
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Federal Appeals Court Rules that Arizona Law Requiring Proof of Citizenship During Voter Registration is Unconstitutional
(AP) A federal appeals court on Tuesday struck down a key part of Arizona's law requiring voters to prove they are citizens before registering to vote and to show identification before casting ballots.
The decision by a three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals found the law requiring voters to prove their citizenship while registering is inconsistent with the National Voter Registration Act. That federal law allows voters to fill out a mail-in voter registration card and swear they are citizens under penalty of perjury, but doesn't require them to show proof as Arizona's law does.
The ruling left in place a requirement that voters provide proof of identity when casting ballots.
Lawyers for several civil rights groups that sued argued thousands of Arizonans have had their federal registration forms rejected because they failed to provide other documents required by the state. That violates the federal law, they argued.
The state law in question, Proposition 200, was passed by voters in 2004. It required proof of citizenship during voter registration and of identity at the polls, and also while receiving certain state benefits.
It has been upheld by state and federal courts until Tuesday's decision.
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I can smell Holder in the background.
In a statement, one of the attorneys who argued the case said his group was "elated" by the decision.
"This will enable the many poor people in Arizona who lack driver's licenses and birth certificates to register to vote," said Jon Greenbaum, legal director for the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law.
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If you're born in this country how can younot have a birth certificate? Unless...of course...you're the President of the United States.
Arizona Attorney General Terry Goddard's office issued a statement saying it intends to ask a full panel of 9th Circuit judges to reconsider the case.
The ruling applies only to voter registration and the deadline for voting in the Nov. 2 general election has passed, so it will have no practical effect on voting, the statement said.
Appeals Court Judge Sandra S. Ikuta's opinion was joined by retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, who heard the case as a temporary appeals court judge. Ikuta said the federal voter registration law laid out specific requirements for the mail-in registration form that the state can't make more onerous.
