Got what I assume is a kiss of death recommendation from the DLC.
Democratic Leadership Council <admin@newsmail.dlc.org>
to msobel
3:36 pm (1 hour ago)
Al From: Hoyer for Majority Leader
Last Tuesday, Democrats won back control of the House in a stunning
reversal of the 2004 election. The Democratic victory represented a
striking repudiation of a Bush administration and Republican Party
that has so often subordinated problem-solving to power seeking,
competence to ideology, honesty and integrity to corruption and
cronyism, and the politics of national unity to the politics of
polarization.
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Meanwhile, stay the course
Republicans deliberately abandoned the political center and invited
Democrats to occupy it. If you look at the victorious Democratic
candidates in "red" and "purple" states and districts, it's clear
that they did. And while Democrats benefited from an energized party
base, the key to the victory was in the contested center of the
electorate, among moderates, independents, middle-class voters, and
suburbanites. These voters could represent an expanded Democratic
base, and an enduring progressive majority, if they can keep it. The
best way to achieve that is for Democrats to use their new power
wisely.
That's why House Democrats should elect Steny Hoyer as majority
leader. As Democratic Whip, Hoyer was a vital part of the team that
produced this victory. His record as Whip has been exemplary. In a
year where corruption was cited in exit polls as a critical issue,
Hoyer is a leader with integrity who has been out front on reform
issues. His background and experience position him, and the
Democratic Caucus, exactly where they ought to be if they hope to
turn the temporary majority of November 7 into an enduring majority
in 2008 and beyond.
Hoyer is being challenged by another good Democrat, John Murtha. On
the most important economic, security, social and reform issues
facing our nation, Hoyer's views best reflect the broad center of
views in our party and our county.
If we want to keep the House, Democrats need to be the party of
reform and problem-solving. Steny Hoyer is the kind of majority
leader who will help Democrats keep the majority. House Democrats
should support him.
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No this is all fair and balanced Use. I didn't write any of it. Notice the absence of the word "Iraq"