Pelosi will seek to stay as House Dem leader Nation's first female House speaker tweets intention to keep her spot Alex Brandon / AP updated 11/5/2010 6:16:27 PM ET
WASHINGTON — Despite widespread complaints about massive losses that will put Democrats in the minority, Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Friday she will try to stay on as leader of her party in the House. The decision exposed a rift between Pelosi's liberal allies and the dwindling number of moderate Democrats, who feel besieged and eager for substantive and symbolic changes in direction after Tuesday's Republican rout. It also is likely to trigger leadership battles farther down the ladder. Pelosi, the nation's first female speaker, said many colleagues urged her to seek the post of minority leader in the new Congress that convenes in January. That will be the Democrats' top post, because Republicans, who grabbed more than 60 Democratic-held seats Tuesday, will elect the next speaker. It will be John Boehner of Ohio, who will swap titles with Pelosi if she succeeds in her bid. "We have no intention of allowing our great achievements to be rolled back," Pelosi, 70, said in a letter to her colleagues. Allies said Pelosi would not make the bid unless she felt certain she had the votes. House members elect their respective party leaders at the start of each new Congress. Her caucus is more heavily liberal now that many moderate Democrats lost on Tuesday................>>>>...................>>>>....................http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/40030244/ns/politics-capitol_hill/#
Pelosi is a self proclaimed liberal progressive who will not compromise her ideology under ANY circumstances.
HOWEVER......The majority of the americans are clearly not accepting her ideology. It appears that the majority of americans aren't quite ready for a socialist marxist government yet! IMHO of course
When the INSANE are running the ASYLUM In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule. -- Friedrich Nietzsche
“How fortunate for those in power that people never think.” Adolph Hitler
There's a possibility that the 23 blue dog Dems that are left in the house may just side with the Reps on some of the votes just to get even with Pelosi. There's also a possibility that some Dems will vote with the Reps in the Senate if they're up for re-election in 2012.
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