Watch your back Nancy Pelosi, Rahm Emanuel wants your job

Just got done finishing watching the Mc.Laughlin group when the host blurted out the following. "If Democrats take back the house this year, there is already a plan in the works, headed by Rahm Emanuel for the party to pick a new leader. Could Emanuel be setting the stage for a possible, or probable run against Pelosi to become the provincial head of the Democrats in the House?? If Democrats do take control of the House, do you want Pelosi at the helm, or someone else??

Accent on the purv.

In my view, Rep. Emanuel is an extraordinarily skilled and canny and ruthless political operative, and we could use a few dozen more hard men cast in his mould.

"LET'S GO GET THOSE BUSH BASTARDS!"

would send a terrible message to women. You may want to pay attention to the fact that women and minorities are more than 50% of the Democratic voter base.

Nancy does a good of walking the fine line that a Minority Leader has to walk. She's capable of "kicking ass" and does so at the right times.

For example, the strategy with Murtha was to let him take the "point" position since he had serious credibility on the issue. Then, she had to provide cover for some of the other Democrats who didn't agree so she took the lead on that. I know that some that she was waffling, but she wasn't. She was doint the strategically sound thing.

It sometimes feels good to raise voices and yell, and it can be effective in the right place at the right time, but most real work gets done when the volume is a little lower.

The term is an old one, dating from a revolutionary struggle in Ireland, and my occassional use of it is certainly not intended as a sexist expression.

Rep. Pelosi, in my view, does an excellent job as Majotity Leader, and would be a good Speakker, but in my view Rep. Emanuel would do a good job in that office as well.

He's a Business/Beltway Dem through and through. He knifes grassroots Dems in the gut (see Duckworth, Tammy).

So you lost me at the "we." He's not one of "us." He's on the other side, the corporate side.

It was Pelosi who said that there will be no impeachment if Democrats take the House, an extraordinary claim that only could have been matched in stupidity by a Democratic Presidential candidate making a promise of pardoning Bush and Cheney if the Democrats were to win the White House.

I so completely disagree.. His dishonesty and his machinations makes my skin crawl.

but then I don't see Pelosi as that great either. I'd like to see a member of the Progressive Caucus given a chance as speaker of the house - but apparently not in this lifetime, not during this era of fascism and those in Congress that intend to keep this era a live and well for a long long time to come.

in order for this to even be a concern.

I view him as a slick sleazoid, just short of pure republican, and one of those I would prefer to see out of gov't completely.

Emanual is a Clintonite. It would have to better than what we have.

on the intel committee. That's bound to make the conservative dems itchy.

Just my opinion.

that Emanuel would be in favor of PRIVATIZING SOCIAL SECURITY. Didn't we try that trick back in...2005? I've noticed that every time a GOP bullshit artist gets on and pontificates about the hopeful upcoming Dem tidalwave coming this November,the "scary San Francisco Liberal,Nancy Pelosi" line comes out. Frankly,we need a "scary" liberal to run the House,not some wishy-washy,get along DLC type.

Bush will continue under his (Emanuel) regime.

Too bad that Dick Gephardt was suckered into supporting the illegal and criminal invasion of Iraq, for it would have been someone with his pro-labour credentials that we sorely need in a leadership position in the House, not a pro-globalist corporatist jerk like Emmanuel, or an appeaser like Pelosi.

and an Iraq War critic.

I would rather have someone like John Conyers.

Replacing Jane Harman must be hitting home if reports are true.

"Replacing Jane Harman must be hitting home if reports are true."

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-harman18may18,0,7815253.story?coll=la-home-nation

Don't know the truth. Don't know if reports are true.

Edit...forgot snip.

"Harman Resists Push Off Spy Panel
By Greg Miller and Richard Simon, Times Staff Writers
May 18, 2006

WASHINGTON — Rep. Jane Harman, who has gained national prominence as the top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, is fighting to hold on to the job amid indications she will be rotated off the panel next year.

The dispute pits the Venice lawmaker against House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi of San Francisco. Its outcome could determine what role Harman, who once ran for California governor and is one of the most quoted Democrats on intelligence matters, will play in the next Congress — if she is reelected."

When we are on the verge of having the first female Speaker of the House, it would send a horrible message to the women that vote for us if we were to not elect her. I think the solution to this is that Pelosi should be Speaker and be the face of the House dems, while Rahm Emmanuel plays the less visible "bad cop" role as the Majority Leader.