Two Losing House Democrats Ask Pelosi to Step Aside

[Lasher]

Source: CBS News

During a meeting of House Democrats today, two Democratic lawmakers who lost their reelection bids this year asked House Speaker Nancy Pelosi not to follow through on her plan to remain as party leader, CBS News Senior Political Producer Jill Jackson reports.

Pelosi's response was to point members of her caucus to her record and credentials. She stated that she led Democrats out of the political wilderness in 2006 and vowed to do it again.

Pelosi surprised political observers when she announced on November 5th that she would run for minority leader in the new Congress. In the wake of what President Obama dubbed a "shellacking" in the midterm elections, many in Washington expected the liberal California Democrat to voluntarily leave the leadership.

Rep. Heath Shuler (D-N.C.) said yesterday that he would challenge Pelosi's leadership bid. A member of the relatively conservative "Blue Dog" coalition of Democrats that saw their numbers decimated in the midterms, he said he would be more effective than Pelosi in recruiting moderate Democrats to win back the seats lost this year.

Read more: http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20023009-503544.html

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One of the few surviving Blue Dogs wants to be leader of House Democrats? WTF is he supposed to be able to achieve that an actual Democrat like Pelosi couldn't? Oh, I see, recruit more Blue Dogs. Yessir, that's just what we need. More people just like him.

And lookee here, two losers on the way out the door have presumed to ask Pelosi not to run for Minority Leader. That's pretty tacky, it's really none of their business anymore. Too bad for them, Nancy will win by a wide margin tomorrow.

[baldguy]

1. Most of the Blue Dogs lose, most of the Progressives win.

But that means the Dems should move to the right to appease the GOP.

[AlinPA]

3. Run as a progressive Democrat and win. Be up front about your principles. Most

American agree with Democratic principles. Why can't they see that?

[struggle4progress]

16. That probably won't work for the Blue Dogs

[Vincardog]

27. No Run as a LIBERAL Democrat and win. Be up front about your principles. Most

American agree with Democratic principles. Most big donors evidently don't, that is why they can't that?

Until we have transparent VERIFIABLE elections in this country they never will acknowledge the truth

[polichick]

2. Kick their blue butts, Nancy. Last thing we need is a C-Street guy in charge. nt

[cyr330]

4. A LOT of Fucking Nerve!

Especially coming from a couple of right wing losing assholes. I'm glad they're leaving, as dems like this just demoralize the base.

[w4rma]

5. Half of the DLCers/Blue Dogs lost. And they want to tell the rest of us how good their ideas are? nt

[iandhr]

6. What about

another Progressive besides Pelosi?

[w4rma]

7. I think Pelosi is perfect. The Republicans will smear the next majority leader, too.

And the next and the next. She's fine where she is.

[Historic NY]

8. exactly they need another figurehead to attack...

[No Elephants]

11. Bingo!

[frylock]

9. this just serves to underscore how out of touch these dumbnuts are

[No Elephants]

10. Republicons and Teabaggers running for office began by demonizng Obama. However,

his approval numbers improved, so they switched to demonizing Pelosi. Therefore, Democrats must dump her, just as they dumped the word "liberal" after Republicons demonized liberals. After all, we must validate Republicons without ceasing.

Hey, I am no fan of Congressional clean tables, but I'll be damned if I throw Pelosi under the bus simply bc Republlcons running for office demonized her simply for being a Democrat.

[Jefferson23]

12. Oh yea, just what we need, a Blue Dog as leader of House Democrats.

[No Elephants]

13. P.S.: So which staff member(s) leaked this?

[Lasher]

23. Staff were kicked out of the meeting shortly after it began

so members were more comfortable speaking freely.

I did not make that up. :D

[geckosfeet]

14. Screw'em.

[4dsc]

15. Pelosi should go

After caving to the corporate power and not investigating the Bush era crimes, she doesn't get and never will get my support.

[molly77]

22. Impeachment is off the table

[elleng]

17. Losers...

:thumbsdown:

[onehandle]

18. T.S. nt

[time_has_come]

19. Shut it, LOSERS n/t

[wisteria]

20. The press has made too much out of this story. I have to wonder why they want to see her go?

Unless, this part of their campaign coverage didn't go as they planned and now they are trying to discredit her, but making it appear Democrats don't want her to stay on.

[unkachuck]

21. leave Nancy alone....

....hang in there Nancy....

....it'll be refreshing to have a fighting progressive (who won't quit) leading the charge to soften up the boner....

[Purveyor]

24. As she should. Yesterday. eom

[on point]

25. Lead your area with progressive ideas, blue dogs deserve to loose

If you can't express the values and ideals, the reason people should vote democratic, then you don't deserve to be elected. We don't need any more slightly right "blue dog" republicans. At least with a republican in office it is obvious where the work needs to be done in swaying people. When a blue dog wins we think there is a democratic win, when in fact there is a repug in place with no support for the ideals and goals of the democratic party.

[LiberalFighter]

26. Why did NC elect Heath Shuler? He was a nobody in the NFL. A loser.

ESPN rated him the 4th biggest NFL Draft bust of ALL TIME.