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North Carolina Rep. Heath Shuler told Fox News on Monday he is following through with his vow to challenge Speaker Nancy Pelosi for the role of the House's top Democrat when the party moves into the minority in the next Congress.

Shuler said he's making good on his campaign promise to challenge Pelosi for minority leader, adding that he's had a respectful relationship with Pelosi but would always be direct with her.

It's an uphill battle, he acknowledged, but the Democrats lost in the recent midterm elections, and he thinks Pelosi is partly responsible for that loss.

The challenge comes as House Democrats recently avoided a messy leadership struggle between Reps. Steny Hoyer of Maryland and James Clyburn of South Carolina for the No. 2 post of their new minority. Pelosi brokered a deal that will allow Hoyer to become second in command while Clyburn receives a new position that will be labeled the third-ranking post in leadership.

But several Democrats, most of them moderates from conservative districts, have made clear that they won't support Pelosi's leadership bid after their party suffered historic losses to Republicans last week.
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Here come the tar and feathers...
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Hot Air: Mutiny: Angry Dems confront “nervous” Captain Queeg about midterm losses

 

C’mon. It’s kabuki theater.

 

Disgruntled Democrats finally had a chance to confront Speaker Nancy Pelosi face to face for the first time during a raucous closed-door caucus meeting Tuesday, as defeated Rep. Allen Boyd called her “the face of our defeat.”

 

His comments were made shortly after Pelosi told Democrats she was targeted in races around the country because she is an effective leader for them. The Democratic gathering was the first gathering of the caucus since the party lost control of the House.

 

“There is great angst and frustration,” one moderate Democrat told POLITICO. The lawmaker said Pelosi would do well to “support and embrace some of the suggestions” from disaffected Democrats who want to change certain caucus rules to allow more input from rank and file on top party posts…

 

Pelosi, described as “nervous” by one source in the room Tuesday, is now trying to tamp down an incipient rebellion from lawmakers who believe she should not win election to the post of minority leader on Wednesday.

 

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The challenge comes as House Democrats recently avoided a messy leadership struggle between Reps. Steny Hoyer of Maryland and James Clyburn of South Carolina for the No. 2 post of their new minority. Pelosi brokered a deal that will allow Hoyer to become second in command while Clyburn receives a new position that will be labeled the third-ranking post in leadership.

WVR!

 

Only the 'Crats can tell a genuine "minority" that he can't be the "Minority" leader, or even #2; and then sell that, so even #3 is not the "first loser." It could be their enhanced liberal intelligence or the drugs, but they definitely live in a different world.

 

I think the expression that Pelosi is the "face of defeat" is apt.

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I remember watching him get his clock cleaned at Tennessee, and proving he was totally inept as an NFL quarterback with two different teams before they ran him out of the league. Why don't I feel so confident that he can protect himself from Pelosi's pass rush? :rolleyes:

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