...that he is out of touch with the Left Blogosphere:
Will, say, 220 House Democrats stay united and elect Pelosi speaker, or will enough conservative House Democrats break and elect a compromise Democrat as speaker? Even the threat of Democrats peeling off and working in collaboration with the Republicans to do so might be enough to encourage a serious challenge to Pelosi inside the Democratic caucus. For some reason Pelosi has a terrible relationship with the liberal blogs. There's a pretty decent chance liberal bloggers could start a grassroots effort to get behind Emanuel for speaker.
Where do these people get these absurd ideas?
Emanual is the enemy of most of the grassroots movement. Even the right-tilted Kos knows this:
But Rahm's meddling in primary campaigns was obnoxious and pissed many off. His funding decisions rankle (think of that $3 million thrown at IL-06, and then consider how far that would've gone in expanding the playing field). And his ridiculous and way-too-public fights with Dean -- a real netroots hero -- put him at literally opposite ends of the front lines in the battle for our party's future.
So I'm pretty confident in predicting that bloggers 1) wouldn't launch a grassroots effort to promote a Rahm Speakership, and 2) would actively and energetically oppose it. Perhaps a Murtha could get some support, but I doubt it.
At this point, it's Pelosi or bust.
It is obvious that the far-right-wing is desperately trying to head off the certain rise of Pelosi as the House speaker. Her recent declaration that she will reform the "lobbying rules" out the ying-yang was a shot across the bow of the entire corrupt republican machine. Of course, they have many other reasons to fear her being in charge. heh
Courtesy of former Congressman (and right-wing extremist) Bob Dornan on MSNBC: If voters in Virgina choose Jim Webb over George Allen, they're sending us all toward "a Nancy Pelosi hellfire"--even though Pelosi is set to lead the House, not the Senate. I suppose she's just too irresistable of a target. Dornan went on to say that religious voters should look past their disgust over the Foley scandal and reject any party led by "a Catholic like Nancy Pelosi" who supports reproductive rights. Dornan then wondered how Pelosi, as a mother of five, could support abortion rights. Smirking, he claimed that on the floor of the House, Pelosi once explained her support for reproductive choice by saying to Dornan, "What would you do if your daughter were raped by a black man?"
Dornan once said, "Men in the pro-choice movement are either women trapped in men's bodies...or younger guys who are like camp followers looking for easy sex." Needless to say, his anti-Pelosi diatribe is unsubstantiated hearsay. But even if Pelosi did make the statement Dornan quoted, no doubt she was commenting on right-wing race-baiting and hypocrisy, not her own beliefs about race and sex. As election day nears, we're getting just a taste of the divisive vitriol conservatives are set to unleash on the likely first female speaker of the house. Brace yourselves for something akin to anti-Hillary demagoguery, round 2.
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Where do these people get these absurd ideas?
Emanual is the enemy of most of the grassroots movement. Even the right-tilted Kos knows this:
It is obvious that the far-right-wing is desperately trying to head off the certain rise of Pelosi as the House speaker. Her recent declaration that she will reform the "lobbying rules" out the ying-yang was a shot across the bow of the entire corrupt republican machine. Of course, they have many other reasons to fear her being in charge. heh