Hastings will not be chairman - CNN

[eleny]

On CNN just now. Andrea Koppel reporting. He met with Pelosi today and will not be chairman.

[geek tragedy]

1. Good. He and Harman both suck. eom

[lyonn]

2. Nancy gets more and more points as she makes

critical decisions! Hey, no one is perfect but she appears to have lots of basic moxie.

[eleny]

5. I like this decision, too

[geek tragedy]

6. An ability to learn--amazing what that can do

for a leader.

[Solo_in_MD]

13. Good call

but given the public pressure applied by the CBC, have to wonder what the quid pro quo was...

[eleny]

3. Now the media can act like Harman got the short end

As if they cared.

[Pyrzqxgl]

16. how the hell do you know that?

Harman is a very Conservative Democrat and probably wouldn't mesh well with House leadership. Hastings probably got set up. There's no real evidence he was guilty (in fact he got acquited). Voters in his district obviously thought he was innocent enough to elect him to Congress. I just really resent condemning people on hearsay evidence (the same thing happened to Murtha). Its the MSM that tout these ideas, proded I'm sure by Republican spin. Hastings , and even Harman shouldn't be condemned to suckhood by the likes of us, the MSM, or anyone else.

[hughee99]

19. Though Hastings was acquited...

apparently Pelosi, Conyers, Rangel, Murtha and many others thought that there was some real evidence as they all voted to impeach him (in a 413-3 House vote), where he was then removed from office in the Senate. It wasn't the MSM that did this to him, it was a Democratic controlled House and Senate.

[chimpymustgo]

4. Hey, fast fingers...you beat me by a couple of minutes posting.

I was trying to remember and type who that leaves in the running (Reyes? Holt?) .

Back on topic - I hope Pelosi smoothed things over with the Black Caucus. I'm sure she did.

[eleny]

7. Reyes was mentioned

Sincerely yours,
Speedy

:rofl:

[Stinky The Clown]

18. Per MSNBC, it seems like Reyes is the odds-on favorite

But so far, no official announcement.

[lyonn]

8. Holt! that's the one that caught my eye via the net that

sounds like an excellent candidate. Thanks, kept trying to remember who impressed me (before turkey days) as a candidate and Holt is the One. Like to hear more about him.

[MidwestTransplant]

11. I agree. Let's hope it's him.

[Leilani]

9. A Very Good Decision

If Dems want to talk about ethics.

[beaconess]

10. Good Lord - now the repubs and msm will have to find something else to beat up on Pelosi about n/t

[rinsd]

12. Here are the other Democratic committee members

Silvestre Reyes, Texas
Leonard L. Boswell, Iowa
Robert E. (Bud) Cramer, Jr, Alabama
Anna G. Eshoo, California
Rush D. Holt, New Jersey
C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger, Maryland
John Tierney, Massachusetts

[eleny]

14. Being discussed on Blitzer just now

Hastings wrote that he was disappointed but ready to work with the chair. Black Caucus is pissed at how his name was dragged through the mud.

Pelosi will make the decision soon on the chairmanship.

[benny05]

15. That's a good thing

What about the represenative from Texas if Harmon is passed over?

[Zynx]

17. Thank God.

That was something we didn't need.

[Ninja Jordan]

20. Yes! Smart move Pelosi.

[CTyankee]

21. I love it that Nancy has learned to play it smart.

The Dems have finally learned not to shoot themselves in the foot, as they have done so often in the past.

Good going, Nancy. Onward and upward!

[Kellyiswise]

22. Hastings is one of the smartest on the Committee but politics is

politics. He was never found guilty of the charges. But what does that matter?

[Hippo_Tron]

23. He was impeached and removed I'd say that's guilty