Now, About That Wave…
More evidence that the wave of anti-war sentiment that brought in all those anti-war Democrat lawmakers has some significant backwash: Captain’s Quarters blogs about one of Pelosi’s failures selections for a leadership position - Sylvestre Reyes:
Pelosi will undoubtedly have many Democrats making their views very clear on her selection of Reyes, now that Newsweek has reported it. They expected that key chairs would go to Democrats opposed to the war in Iraq, not those who supported an escalation of American involvement.Captain Ed suggests that there are other reasons for Ms. Pelosi’s selections and non-selections of leadership candidates. These reasons explain her choices, as well as her failures during this run up to the Democrat controlled Congress:
So why did she replace Harman? It seems obvious that the decision hadEgo. The cult of personality. This will be an interesting two years.
much more to do with personal issues than with policy. Democrats may
want to rethink her Speakership in light of the series of strange
decisions she has made in the wake of their victory. The rule of
personal whim has just about destroyed their momentum and may have set
up the House caucus for a devastating split at the moment of their
greatest unity in a generation.
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