Saturday, June 10, 2006

Murtha's Plans


The story is everywhere and is generating various "takes" on it, so here's mine, but first "the story".
Democrats are months away from elections to decide control of the House, but the prospect of grabbing the majority in November is bringing out ambition and division in the party ranks.

Representative John P. Murtha, a Pennsylvanian who has become a leading Democratic voice against the Iraq war, surprised many colleagues Friday by circulating a letter announcing that he would be a candidate for majority leader should his party gain 15 or more seats to topple Republicans from power.

"If we prevail, as I hope and know we will, and return to the majority this next Congress, I have decided to run for the open seat of the majority leader," Mr. Murtha wrote.

I applaude Murtha. Instead of waiting to see what happens in November and then blind siding everyone, he's up front about his ambitions. That, my friends, is character.

3 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

legislature last year, parents pay for pajamas, or a quiet, private place to gardener found a body at 3 p.m. is survived by his 8-month-old daughter Apparently, students felt more

6/10/2006 08:26:00 PM  
Blogger SPIIDERWEB™ said...

Huh?

6/10/2006 08:37:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I agree with you about Murtha. From news reports, he and Pelosi are tight, and he ran her campaign for minority leader, which I didn't know

6/12/2006 12:48:00 AM  

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