As point out to me by Dan McKenzie!
I did not write this – I received at work from whom I don’t remember and I copy and pasted for everyone to read. I did put the smile faces on!
"Conservative has to get use to the idea of a Democrats as Speaker of the House – Period.
The Speaker of the House is voted upon by the entire House Membership. That is right Democrats and Republican together vote for the Speaker of the House. There is no requirement that Members vote for the nominee of their party. There is no requirement that any Member vote for anyone - he or she can vote "Present."
Politics makes strange bed fellows and revenge is sweet.
There are 435 Members of the House of which 203 are Republican and to become Speaker of the House you need 218 votes.
Hold that thought.
In 2001 Nancy Pelosi ran against Maryland Congressman Steny Hoyer for the job of Democratic Whip - the number two job on the minority side. The guy who managed her campaign was Rep. John Murtha of Pennsylvania. Hoyer lost to Pelosi. Hold that thought.
In 2002, when Minority Leader Dick Gehpardt stepped down, "Pelosi quickly locked up the votes to become minority leader, making her the first woman to lead a major party in Congress." After Pelosi moved up to Minority Leader, Hoyer won election as Minority Whip – again back seat.
The thing about leadership fights in Congress is this: They leave deep, ugly institutional scars which never, ever fully heal. Pelosi and Hoyer have had to work together, but they don't much like each other.
So, Nancy Pelosi is poised to become Speaker and she is repaying the five-year-old debt to Murtha by supporting him to be Majority Leader instead of Steny Hoyer. This time around Hoyer is not even back seat – he is off the boat.
I believe in the spirit of engendering bipartisanship the Republican should do this.
Assume the GOP ends up with 203-or so-seats when all the recounts are over. And say all 203 of those Republican Members of the House were to tell Steny Hoyer that they feel his pain over the Pelosi/Murtha thing and they have decided to vote for him for Speaker.
If Hoyer went into the election for Speaker with 203 GOP votes, he would only need to find 15 Democrats who don't like or trust Pelosi (not exactly a stretch) to get to the magic number of 218 - an absolute majority of the 435 Members - and Mrs. Pelosi would be out - Period.
Republicans could look the Popular Press squarely in the eye and say: What higher level of bipartisanship can there be than crossing over the aisle to vote for the other party?"
"All we need to do is get rid of this compassionate conservativism."
Last edited by Marty on Fri Mar 30, 2007 4:25 pm, edited 1 time in total.
Rodney King "Can't we all just get along"!! Both sides will need to if they really want to get ANYTHING done. They will both need to give a little, which I believe will be better for all of us in the end. I'm neither for the Jackass or the Elephant, I find myself somewhere in the middle grounds as most americans. I vote for whom I feel will REPRESENT my best intrests. Still looking for that 3rd party to rise from the ashes, but even those choices leave me empty right now!!!!
No they didn't. He granted amnasty to a bunch of illegals and that's right on target for the Bush Administration (more liberal than Clinton)
The Republicans have lost sight of who Barry Goldwater was.
"A government that is big enough to give you all you want is big enough to take it all away."
"I would remind you that extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice! And let me remind you also that moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue."
I have withdrawn my membership from the Republican party and I recomend everyone withdraw their membership from both the Democrat and Republican parties. Every election is about what "party" wins. EXCUSE ME, the election should be for who represents you and I!
Don't be lame. It's just fishing; you are not the new mesiah you know! Check your attitude at the door Mr. Spinners on da boat trailer.
both sides spend more time fighting with each other instead of doing what they were elected to do ( carry out the will of the people and look out for America/American's)
How about Politicians who are elected based on their ideas and solutions to problems rather than what their party affiliation is ,and are held accountable for their actions?
What we see now is just a game to keep the American voters divided against one another so nobody actually notices that our politicians are not fixing anything thats wrong these day (just lining their own pockets at our expense)
In my opinion both the Democrats and Republicans are selling out the American people and like dummies we just keep putting the same swindlers back in office in large part due to the fact that our voting choices are controlled by guess who ? Yep its those two major political parties again!
Marty,
If your going to post something from another author you should at least do the courtesy of giving the authors name or website you copied it from.
DM
You are right I should have! Thanks for point that out – most of the time I do when I think about it - but at least you read it – that was the point!
Hold that thought. 
Both sides will need to if they really want to get ANYTHING done. They will both need to give a little, which I believe will be better for all of us in the end. I'm neither for the Jackass or the Elephant, I find myself somewhere in the middle grounds as most americans. I vote for whom I feel will REPRESENT my best intrests. Still looking for that 3rd party to rise from the ashes, but even those choices leave me empty right now!!!! 
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