Dems take 5 days, and the die is cast? What a crock if true!
Pelosi Puts Weight Behind Murtha in Leader Bid
For those who don't remember, it was Murtha who first demanded immediate withdrawal for LITERALLY the criminally murderous americans, and then Pelosi who backed him up.
If this story is right, it is the beginning of the end of democratic electoral success, and a clear demonstration that they simply are beyond trust in national security matters.
Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), in line to become Speaker in January, is throwing her support to Rep. John Murtha (D-Pa.) in the race for Majority Leader, a move that will be an early test of her influence and will weigh heavily on Murtha's contest with Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) for the post.Pelosi, in a letter distributed Sunday to newly elected House Democrats, wrote that Murtha's outspoken opposition to the war in Iraq helped change the electoral campaign for the House this fall. Murtha began calling for a U.S. pullout from Iraq a year ago, and his open opposition to the war made him a focus of intense criticism from Republicans and the White House.
Pelosi, though, credited Murtha, one of her closest allies in the House, with changing the national debate on the issue and helping provide Democratic challengers and incumbents with a winning argument for the mid-term elections.
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