Hoyer prevails, 149-86 . . .
It’s done.
Steny Hoyer (D-MD) will be the new House majority leader, holding off an upset bid by John Murtha (D-PA), who had the backing of Speaker-elect Nancy Pelosi.
The final tally was not far off from predictions. Hoyer had long been the favorite. Until Pelosi’s active involvement on behalf of Murtha this week, there wasn’t much doubt about the outcome. But Pelosi’s last-minute aggressive advocacy for Murtha did throw the race into turmoil.
More here.
Remember the actress who said, “Harold, Call Me!” in that infamous RNC “bimbo” ad targeting Dem Senate candidate Harold Ford, Jr.?
For some reason, she’s now worried that she’s been typecast as an actress who plays blonde bimbos.
More on the looming threat of a regional war over Iraq–or “over its dead body.”
Justin Rood has the rap sheet on the some of Jack Abramoff’s fellow inmates.
Reuters: The outgoing chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, James Inhofe (R-OK), on Thursday dismissed a U.N. meeting on climate change as “a brainwashing session.”
ABC recently reported that convicted felon and former GOP superlobbyist Jack Abramoff was dishing to prosecutors on “six to eight” crooked Democratic senators. His former colleagues don’t believe it.
Abstinence-pushing Department of Health and Human Services to government watchdog: How are we supposed to know what “scientifically accurate” means?
Blue Dog Democrats buck Nancy Pelosi’s choice for House Intelligence Chairman.
Top-shelf political analysis from Rep. Adam Putnam (R-FL):
Examining the 2006 midterms, Putnam blamed the GOP defeat on âthe independent vote, the women vote, the suburban vote.â He said that âheck, even the white rednecks who go to church on Sunday didn’t come out to vote for us.â
Between the segregationist wing of the GOP in the Senate and the white redneck wing in the House, there are those suggesting the GOP is now just a regional party of the South. That’s not fair to the South, unless you mean the circa 1948 South.