Comments on: Hoyer A Winner Without Pelosi's Support

He'll Be #2 Among House Dems; Key Posts Go To Clyburn, Emanuel

[oleander8]

Here we are again - back to politics as usual. Murtha is ethically challenged - and for Pelosi to endorse him does not bode well for her claims to bring ethics back to the House.

[peterbaldwin-2009]

State of Denial points out how military "realists" were shunted aside with their recommendations of 500,000 troops to pacify Iraq after the initial push. What Woodward chronicles is astounding as to the degree of incompetence and bungling from Bush on down that mirrors what happened after Katrina struck.

Bush is up to his smoke and mirrors act when he proposes 20,000 additional troops to turn the tide. For McCain's additional troops proposal to make sense, We would need probably another 300,000 troops on the ground. Quite simply, without a major commitment from other countries, it can't be done.

[rsoxfan1123]

peterbaldwin- Yes he was. And his knowledge of the situation in Iraq, not to mention his military expertise in general (no pun intended), are the perfect combination to extract our nation from the quagmire that bush and his cronies have wedged us in. The neocons know that their plan to remain in Iraq, spend hundreds of billions more, lose thosuands more limbs of American kids and allow a few oil barons to make some more moeny before Junior gets out of office will face a serious challenge in Murtha. As a nation we voted for change. If change is what we want, Murtha would seem to be the best choice.

[peterbaldwin-2009]

The current Rovian spin is that selection of Murtha majority leader is a no-win situation, something widely parroted by a craven media.

It may be a no-win in the eyes of the pundits, but Murtha's selection will be a triumph for the American people who expect the Dems to get us out of Iraq pronto and a defeat for the warmongers. Hoyer is just too weak on the war issue.

Murtha was devastating and on point with Chris Matthews: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15026624/