who will be the dems majority whip, Hoyer Or Murtha

[sonnylarue]

It should be Murtha, for obvious reasons . He was the one leading the chrage that the re-deployment of iraqi troops must happen , and took a ridiculous amount of grief, despite the Bushies finally seeing thigs his way.

However Steny Hoyer has been a tireless worker for the dems, in fundraising and campaigning.

He came very close to beating Pelosi to be come minority whip in 2001. Pelosi supports Murtha, but would that bite her in the ass if she snubs her old rival?

http://www.thehill.com/thehill/expor...406/hoyer.html

Twenty-one members of the incoming freshman class have endorsed Hoyer, and he garnered 95 votes to her 118 in the 2001 race. Many of those lawmakers feel that Hoyer has earned the role of majority leader for his tireless work on campaigns and his good track record as whip.

The honeymoon victory is over, and now choices need to be made.

[RebootedCorpse]

Mothra!

[sonnylarue]

now you're talking !

[xyzzy]

I think either one would be fine. I think Pelosi's public declaration of support for Murtha may have been a misstep.

[artimoff]

Why not Reed?

[sonnylarue]

Why not Reed?

Harry's The SENATE maj leader, I'm talking about the House .

All the old dirty laundry is comming out today, like Murtha's involvement 26 years ago in abscam.

[artimoff]

Harry's The SENATE maj leader, I'm talking about the House .

All the old dirty laundry is comming out today, like Murtha's involvement 26 years ago in abscam.

Doh! I misread the title.

[Matt Jay]

I'd rather have Murtha, although I really don't like either one.

[Gregory]

Murtha made some in-party enemies last year by blocking Democrat efforts to alter the ethics rules.

[Josh!]

Hoyer, if only because he's from my home state of Maryland. I mean, c'mon... our highest ranking public official was Spiro Agnew. Go Steny, go!

(actually, our new governor, Martin O'Malley, would be a great VP candidate someday... and not just because he used to play in an Irish folk/punk rock band)