Think Hastert will make nice with Pelosi after the challenge ?

[steve2470]

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Interparty relations are even more acidic in the House. Speaker Dennis Hastert and minority leader Nancy Pelosi have not had a private meal together since Pelosi took over the top Democratic job two years ago. Each thinks the other is a rabid partisan, so they confer only when they must. The sour climate permeates the House.

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http://www.cnn.com/2005/ALLPOLITICS/01/03/bickering.heights.tm/index.html

[Skink]

1. Hastert is irrevelant.....

That crusade against Tom( put forth by Daschle btw )doesn't stop now.

[Osamasux]

2. He didn't before, why would he now?

He pretends that the Democrats in the House don't even exist. Look at the Intelligence Reform vote as an example. The votes to pass it were there from the start. Sh#tbrain Hastert refused to allow it to go to the floor for a vote because it would have passed but it would have passed with Democratic help. This god-damned SOB is playing with our safety because he doesn't want to share credit? He is all about putting his party above everything, including the security of this country.

He also does everything he can to make sure that Democrats are denied the opportunity to offer amendments to every bill.