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To: DuckTapeSunroof who wrote (754464)	11/16/2006 11:20:02 PM
From: Hope Praytochange	Read Replies (2) of 769670

Hoyer Win a Blow to Pelosi In a blow to incoming Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) beat out her chosen pick -- Rep. John Murtha (D-Pa.) -- for House Majority Leader. Hoyer's victory was considered a certainty as recently as Sunday but Pelosi's decision to publicly back Murtha, and work her colleagues on his behalf, left observers wondering whether it was a tighter race than it at first seemed. Apparently not. Hoyer won 149 votes to just 86 for Murtha -- a stunningly large margin given Pelosi's heavy involvement. Expect Pelosi and Hoyer -- along with new Majority Whip Jim Clyburn (S.C.) and Caucus Chairman Rahm Emanuel (Ill.) -- to put on a happy face about the results in the coming hours and days, but the reality is that Pelosi gambled and lost this morning and now has an adversary rather than an advocate in the Majority Leader spot. Remember this is the ultimate insider's game and not likely to have any political ramifications outside the Beltway. But, it does weaken Pelosi's hand somewhat within her own conference and provides something less than a ringing endorsement of Murtha's high profile call for American troops to be withdrawn from Iraq. Posted by Chris Cillizza \| Permalink \| Comments (122) Share This: TrackBack (0) \| Technorati \| Tag in Del.icio.us \| Digg This

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