OK, first it looked like Nancy Pelosi stood a chance to lose her position as the Minority Leader. Then she made a deal with her biggest potential rival to secure her position. Then Heath Shuler took a long shot stab at the nomination. Well it was 150-43 and Nancy Pelosi won. So she was able to keep her faithful followers in check and maintained her grip on the House Democrats. So my original statement stands that political power trumps public opinion.

A very good but left leaning article about this can be found at politico.com. It gives a good insight into party politics. So it really looks like the House is going to be a bloody battlefield for the next two years as the extreme left does everything it can to give the Republicans a black eye. It will be two years of the same old song and dance...

-- Thomas Paine 2

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