Pelosi Faces Likely Leadership Challenge From Moderate Democrat

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Pelosi Faces Likely Leadership Challenge From Moderate Democrat

Outgoing House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, facing a growing rebellion against her bid to become minority leader, is likely to be challenged for the post by a moderate Democrat.

North Carolina Rep. Heath Shuler, who has been sending signals since last month that he would run against the San Francisco liberal if she didn't step aside, is expected to launch his leadership bid on Sunday when he appears on CNN's "State of the Union." He's also appearing on MSNBC's "Morning Joe" on Monday.

Shuler, a former NFL quarterback, told the Clay County Progress this week that he had no choice but to leave the sidelines.

"At this point, no one has come forward, no one in leadership for a long time," Shuler told the North Carolina weekly newspaper. "It will be very tough. It is probably a race we can't win. But we need a moderate voice in the Democratic Party."

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/201...ikely-leadership-challenge-moderate-democrat/

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Yurt said:
Pelosi Faces Likely Leadership Challenge From Moderate Democrat

Outgoing House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, facing a growing rebellion against her bid to become minority leader, is likely to be challenged for the post by a moderate Democrat.

North Carolina Rep. Heath Shuler, who has been sending signals since last month that he would run against the San Francisco liberal if she didn't step aside, is expected to launch his leadership bid on Sunday when he appears on CNN's "State of the Union." He's also appearing on MSNBC's "Morning Joe" on Monday.

Shuler, a former NFL quarterback, told the Clay County Progress this week that he had no choice but to leave the sidelines.

"At this point, no one has come forward, no one in leadership for a long time," Shuler told the North Carolina weekly newspaper. "It will be very tough. It is probably a race we can't win. But we need a moderate voice in the Democratic Party."

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/201...ikely-leadership-challenge-moderate-democrat/

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The guy his absolutely correct on all points! He's apparently got the cojones, but Pirahna Pelosi has the teeth to rip 'em off and spit 'em out!:eek3:
 
Shuler is a conservative, not a moderate. Good luck winning when his natural constituency was virtually annihilated in the election and the Progressive caucus makes up almost half of what's left.
 
Rep. Dan Boren of Oklahoma told Fox News last week that voters sent a message that they want the Democratic Party to move in a new direction.
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Yes, when voters voted out almost all of the Blue Dogs in 2010, they sent a strong, clear message that the Democrats should defund all Blue Dogs and run Progressives nationwide in the next election. America has had it with conservatives, and wants them dead. Viva the socialist revolution! The end of the conservative domination in America is near the end!
 
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Great quote from the comments:

Root cause is painfully obvious. Public education is manufacturing Commies daily. Solution is simple. K1-12 has to go away. Dept. of Education, vaporize. Public funding for upper Education, history. Let the cretins pay their own way and purge the Commie Academics. Presto! Problem solved.
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Yeah, I'm sure with even more legions of ignorant, uneducated masses the conservative animals would do great.

Conservatives are deranged. They all need to be shot. We need to drive them like the animals they are into the sea and laugh as we watch them drown in their own cruelty and ignorance. The day all the conservatives die will be a glorious day.
 
Watermarx said:
Great quote from the comments:



Yeah, I'm sure with even more legions of ignorant, uneducated masses the conservative animals would do great.

Conservatives are deranged. They all need to be shot. We need to drive them like the animals they are into the sea and laugh as we watch them drown in their own cruelty and ignorance. The day all the conservatives die will be a glorious day.
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If you don't come up with a new schtik, you're going to hit the ignore basket.
 
Yurt said:
Pelosi Faces Likely Leadership Challenge From Moderate Democrat

Outgoing House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, facing a growing rebellion against her bid to become minority leader, is likely to be challenged for the post by a moderate Democrat.

North Carolina Rep. Heath Shuler, who has been sending signals since last month that he would run against the San Francisco liberal if she didn't step aside, is expected to launch his leadership bid on Sunday when he appears on CNN's "State of the Union." He's also appearing on MSNBC's "Morning Joe" on Monday.

Shuler, a former NFL quarterback, told the Clay County Progress this week that he had no choice but to leave the sidelines.

"At this point, no one has come forward, no one in leadership for a long time," Shuler told the North Carolina weekly newspaper. "It will be very tough. It is probably a race we can't win. But we need a moderate voice in the Democratic Party."
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no choice usually translates into i want the job, pelosi is too experienced a politician to fall for that and she is too good at what she does not to get the minority leader job
 
Schadenfreude said:
no choice usually translates into i want the job, pelosi is too experienced a politician to fall for that and she is too good at what she does not to get the minority leader job
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I see you focused in on the "no choice" part of was posted. What about this part of what Rep. Schuler said:

But we need a moderate voice in the Democratic Party.
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Would you agree?
 
Watermarx said:
Yes, when voters voted out almost all of the Blue Dogs in 2010, they sent a strong, clear message that the Democrats should defund all Blue Dogs and run Progressives nationwide in the next election. America has had it with conservatives, and wants them dead. Viva the socialist revolution! The end of the conservative domination in America is near the end!
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The Dems should do this, so that it will kill the left wing of the party. I would LOVE to see some moderates take the lead in the Democratic party. You are right, it won't happen. But if the Dems want to regain control of the congress in the next 6 years they need to move to the middle
 
Socrtease said:
The Dems should do this, so that it will kill the left wing of the party. I would LOVE to see some moderates take the lead in the Democratic party. You are right, it won't happen. But if the Dems want to regain control of the congress in the next 6 years they need to move further to the right
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Fixed it.
 
Socrtease said:
The Dems should do this, so that it will kill the left wing of the party. I would LOVE to see some moderates take the lead in the Democratic party. You are right, it won't happen. But if the Dems want to regain control of the congress in the next 6 years they need to move to the middle
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Right. Since the "moderates" did so well this time around and the "left wing" did so poorly.
 
NigelTufnel said:
Right. Since the "moderates" did so well this time around and the "left wing" did so poorly.
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The Democrats lost 67 seats.

The Progressives lost 3 out of 83. That accounts for 4.4% of Democratic losses, for a caucus that represented 32% of the total Democratic party.

The Blue Dogs lost 28 out of 54 (more than half of their members). That accounts for 41.7%, almost half, of Democratic losses, out of a caucus that only represented about 21% of the party. The Blue Dogs really punched way above their weight in this election.
 
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