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marmar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-14-07 07:07 PM
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Who would you rather see as Senate Majority Leader, Speaker of the House and House Majority Leader?
My personal preferences would be Durbin or Feingold as Senate Majority Leader, Sheila Jackson-Lee as Speaker of the House, and Louise Slaughter or Barney Frank as House Majority Leader.
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LakeSamish706 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-14-07 07:09 PM
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1. I certainly can't improve on your picks... Thumbs up.. n/t
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Rabo Karabekian Donating Member (242 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-14-07 07:17 PM
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2. Two Different Versions
Well my dream would be Bernie Sanders Senate Majority Leader, Kucinich Speaker of the House, and Barbara Lee House Majority Leader (or reverse these two).

More realistically I'd say Barbara Boxer Senate Majority Leader, Maxine Waters House Majority Leader, and Jim McDermott Speaker of the House.
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marmar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-14-07 07:23 PM
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3. Can't argue with either of those.....and Barbara Lee would be my dream House Maj Leader too...
n/t
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trashcanistanista Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-14-07 07:24 PM
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4. After watchng her a few minutes ago -
Sheila Jackson Lee for Madam Speaker and John Kerry as Majority Leader. Only because Kerry gets scary when he gets angry, and he gets mad and yells a lot, and Feingold doesn't. I think he would keep those idiots in line a lot better. Russ doesn't seem to be part of the clique.
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karynnj Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-14-07 09:18 PM
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19. Kerry does get angry and gives incredible speeches when he does
but he never ever yells. That is why he can be so effective in debates - he just gets cooler and more focused when he gets angry.
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karlrschneider Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-14-07 07:26 PM
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5. I'd like Charlie Rangel in there somewhere...
...
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trashcanistanista Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-14-07 07:27 PM
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8. Me too, also Kennedy.
I want to see outrage. I want to hear screaming. I want complete and total intimidation.
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kestrel91316 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-14-07 07:26 PM
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6. Senate Majority Leader: FEINGOLD
Speaker of the House: Kucinich
House Majority Leader: Barney Frank, or if we have that guy in NH or VT that's the semi-socialist true progressive, I forget his name.
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trashcanistanista Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-14-07 07:28 PM
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9. Bernie Sanders?
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kestrel91316 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-14-07 09:15 PM
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16. That's him!
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hooraydems06 Donating Member (183 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-14-07 09:17 PM
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17. Bernie Sanders is no longer in the House...
... he's in the Senate.
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me b zola Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-14-07 07:27 PM
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7. I love your choices
:thumbsup:
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ddeclue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-14-07 07:28 PM
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10. Robert Byrd for Senate Majority Leader. John Lewis (D-GA) for Speaker of the House. n/t
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marmar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-14-07 07:30 PM
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11. This is going to sound kind of harsh...but Byrd seems too infirm and slow-speaking...
Edited on Wed Nov-14-07 07:30 PM by marmar
to be Senate Majority Leader. He seems to be really laboring when he speaks sometimes.
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trashcanistanista Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-14-07 07:32 PM
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12. I like Robert Byrd too! If he were Senate
Majority Leader than Kucinich would have to be Speaker in the House. They could both whip out their pocket Constitutions and wave their hands and yell! I would love to see that.
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cali Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-14-07 08:00 PM
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15. No. Robert Byrd is too old and too frail
and he's neither a liberal or progressive.
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ddeclue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-14-07 09:18 PM
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18. He is a real defender of the Constitution. (Hey he was probably there when they wrote it.)
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Captain Hilts Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-14-07 07:46 PM
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13. Frank for speaker. He's scary smart, knows parliamentary procedure... nt
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AlinPA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-14-07 07:58 PM
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14. Durbin (IL) & Lewis (GA).
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stirlingsliver Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-14-07 09:18 PM
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20. Feingold, Kuciinich, Stark
For Senate Majority Leader: Russ Feingold (D -- Real D)

For Speaker of the House: Dennis Kucinich (D -- True D)

For House Majority Leader -- Peter Stark (D -- Not Insignificant D)
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Ganja Ninja Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-15-07 07:11 AM
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27. Good picks. n/t
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Kansas Wyatt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-15-07 09:41 AM
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31. I second that...
All in favor say Yay...
All opposed say Nay...
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L. Coyote Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-14-07 09:28 PM
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21. Biden, Conyers, and ??
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LWolf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-14-07 09:31 PM
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22. It depends.
If I get a Kucinich/Boxer administration, then I could go with Feingold and Jackson Lee.

If not, I'd like Boxer as Senate Majority Leader, Kucinich as Speaker, and Jackson Lee as House majority leader.
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CorpGovActivist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-14-07 09:58 PM
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23. Waxman Would Make a Formidable Speaker n/t
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DemReadingDU Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-15-07 06:45 AM
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25. Except Waxman is great as head of Oversight
Who could take his place in Oversight?
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CorpGovActivist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-15-07 10:23 AM
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32. He Has at Least One Protege in Mind...
... and key staffers would come with the Chair/gavel as a pre-condition.

As Speaker, he could use the Committee of the Whole to elevate key oversight functions, too.

- Dave
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UTUSN Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-14-07 10:51 PM
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24. I was going to be rude until I read your o.p.
I was going to answer the headline question, "I want a Dem in those positions who don't criticize other Dems."


But, when I saw your choices, I fell in love.
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gorekerrydreamticket Donating Member (422 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-15-07 07:08 AM
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26. Interesting choices all, but the reason none of them are in there now
is that the leadership positions tend to go to the kind of nerdy "vote counter" types. You can see that in both parties.
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FreeStateDemocrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-15-07 07:25 AM
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28. John Kerry as Senate Majority Leader: articulate, intelligent, can handle administration's BS spin
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Tesha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-15-07 07:48 AM
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29. Tom Harkin, Charlie Rangel, Barney Frank.
Edited on Thu Nov-15-07 07:49 AM by Tesha
And if you think that's too many men, then drop out
Tom Harkin and put in Barbara Boxer instead.

Tesha
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nealmhughes Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-15-07 09:12 AM
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30. Great choices. Lewis or Slaughter, take pick for positon in House.
Edited on Thu Nov-15-07 09:13 AM by nealmhughes
Durbin for Senate Leader, Feingold for Whip. Boxer to a key committee chair. Byrd gets to stay President pro tempore by tradition. Sanders gets moved up -- even though he is only a "Caucus Democrat."

But remember, Louise has a thick Kentucky accent, so she may be ridiculed as part of the antisouthern bashing some engage in here.
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