I just heard... Congressman Murtha is running for Majority of the house!!!

[Rainscents]

LIVE ON LOCAL STATION I JUST WATCHED!

[Poiuyt]

1. Interesting!

[MidwestTransplant]

2. Murtha?

[Rainscents]

6. sorry... about mis-spelling.

[Viva_La_Revolution]

3. Murtha

I forgive your over-excited fingers.

:bounce:

[babylonsister]

4. Hmmm. I love Murtha, but is that a good idea? nt

[kysrsoze]

31. I don't think so. I like Murtha, but they'll label him a whacko. I want Pelosi

[blogslut]

5. Did this come from the man himself?

A link would be nice too.

[Rainscents]

18. Yes... I just watched him speak LIVE!

[Rose Siding]

7. Majority leader or Speaker?

He was planning to challenge Hoyer for leader, rather than Pelosi as Speaker.

[Connie_Corleone]

8. I thought he wanted to be majority leader, not speaker.

[JI7]

9. i believe Majority Leader, not speaker

[VelmaD]

10. I figure something like this is coming

We have power so we can't possibly have a woman in charge. *sigh*

[scarletwoman]

25. Why don't you wait for some actual confirmation before making a judgement?

For cripessakes, the OP couldn't even spell Murtha's name correctly! There's no link to any documentation of this supposed statement - and as others on this thread have already pointed out, the position Murtha may allegedly be referring to is "majority leader" -- which is a different position than "Speaker of the House".

At least make sure of the facts before reacting...

sw

[VelmaD]

26. get some reading complrehension skills

I am not saying that Murtha is doing this...only that I expect something like this to happen. I've seen too many posts on DU about dumping Pelosi and heard too much in the media about it.

[scarletwoman]

29. How's YOUR reading comprehension? Do you understand the difference between

"majority leader" and "speaker of the House"? They are two different and distinct positions. Murtha is NOT looking to depose Pelosi.

sw

[Rainscents]

28. I change it to Majarity... I am tired from watching election all night/

Excuse for my spelling... My finger is always behind my brain.

[truebrit71]

11. Thanks but no thanks Jack. I want me some SAN FRANCISCO values!!!!

....you are just a wee bit too much of a loose cannon for the Speakership...

[FrenchieCat]

13. Here in SF's East Bay!......hear, here! n/t

[The empressof all]

12. It's my understanding he's running for Majority Leader

He announced that weeks ago.

[Rose Siding]

17. I'm sure that's what he's talking about. He's going to challenge Hoyer, not Nancy

[American Jesus]

14. I don't believe that's the case.

He's not challenging Pelosi for speaker, but he may run for Majority Leader against AIPAC stooge Steny Whore. And if that's the case, I'm behind Murtha all the way.

[Rainscents]

24. Majority, not speaker.

[seaglass]

15. He said that back 6 months or so ago and then said he'd drop it

until after the election.

Pelosi is owed a lot, she deserves to be Speaker.

Whoops my error, Majority Whip vs. Hoyer.

[Cetacea]

16. He's on MSNBC right now eom

[dflprincess]

19. That bites if it's true

I was planning on Pelosi becoming President after Bush and Cheney are impeached (assuming they just don't flee the country).

[Straight Shooter]

20. Speaker, no way. It would look like a concession to the Republicans.

All they've done is demonize Pelosi for months. This would give them a victory. Hell, no!

Go for majority leader, Murtha. :thumbsup:

[txindy]

30. He was talking about Majority Leader.

Not Speaker. OP got it backwards. It's all good. :toast:

[BlooInBloo]

21. (shrug) If that's the worst problem we have, then we're doin AWESOME.

[RoyGBiv]

22. Well ...

From what I'm hearing from him right now on MSNBC, I wouldn't mind that at all.

[Fleshdancer]

23. He's talking about holding people accountable!!!!

"The power of the President is just a perception and he lost that perception with his take on Iraq"

:D

[Rainscents]

27. Yes, that us what he was talking about.