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PretzelWarrior Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-08-08 02:53 PM
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Who would YOU replace Reid and Pelosi with?
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I really don't have a good idea about who in the house could manage things well. Anyone? Be reasonable. Don't just say Kucinich because you like his policy stances.
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  -Who would YOU replace Reid and Pelosi with? PretzelWarrior  Nov-08-08 02:53 PM   #0 
  - Sanders and Kucinich  Marsala   Nov-08-08 02:54 PM   #1 
  - lol  PretzelWarrior   Nov-08-08 03:00 PM   #4 
  - i'd go for that!!!!  coffeenap   Nov-08-08 03:00 PM   #5 
  - Dang!  Versailles   Nov-08-08 03:39 PM   #35 
  - Clinton would be good as Madame Speaker.  Overseas   Nov-08-08 02:57 PM   #2 
  - She would have to be elected to the House to be Speaker  WakeMeUp   Nov-08-08 03:02 PM   #9 
     - Whoops !! Majority Leader !! I'd like Boxer for Speaker then  Overseas   Nov-08-08 03:07 PM   #14 
     - Boxer is a senator as well.  Drunken Irishman   Nov-08-08 03:09 PM   #17 
        - Whoops again !! Conyers or Waxman or Wexler or Schakowsky  Overseas   Nov-08-08 03:13 PM   #23 
     - Actually, Hillary could be Speaker.  Benhurst   Nov-08-08 04:17 PM   #38 
        - what are you talkinga bout?  PretzelWarrior   Nov-08-08 06:25 PM   #40 
           - Read the whole thread.  Benhurst   Nov-09-08 12:26 PM   #42 
  - OK, as long as we're playing fantasy Congress  cali   Nov-08-08 02:59 PM   #3 
  - I'd do the same  graywarrior   Nov-08-08 03:01 PM   #6 
  - A speaker from Beverly Hills....interesting. And Boxer, another Californian  PretzelWarrior   Nov-08-08 03:01 PM   #7 
  - I think Barbara Boxer is actually a New Yorker  carnie_sf   Nov-09-08 12:44 PM   #43 
  - That sounds great. //eom  Overseas   Nov-08-08 03:16 PM   #24 
  - Impeachment proceedings and the table she took them off of.  Peake   Nov-08-08 03:02 PM   #8 
  - What's wrong with Kucinich?  Cleita   Nov-08-08 03:03 PM   #10 
  - what is his legislative history that shows he can coutnt votes  PretzelWarrior   Nov-08-08 03:04 PM   #11 
  - He got his impeachment bill through the House with enough votes but  Cleita   Nov-08-08 03:07 PM   #15 
  - Other than the fact that he has no political allies and has shown absolutely  Occam Bandage   Nov-08-08 03:07 PM   #13 
  - So it's his fault that many of the bills he sponsors and do get passed in the  Cleita   Nov-08-08 03:11 PM   #20 
     - Yes, it is. It is entirely his fault that he is unable to convince anyone in the House  Occam Bandage   Nov-08-08 03:17 PM   #25 
     - If he can't convince anyone in the House why does he get votes enough  Cleita   Nov-08-08 03:34 PM   #32 
        - If he can't convince anyone in the committees, what makes you think he'd do so as Speaker?  Occam Bandage   Nov-08-08 03:36 PM   #33 
           - Because if he were Speaker those bills would be heard by committee, not  Cleita   Nov-08-08 03:39 PM   #36 
     - yes, that would be his fault. he's a politician in a group of politicians  PretzelWarrior   Nov-08-08 03:17 PM   #26 
  - I would like Kucinich but I think he's perceived as more liberal than Boxer  Overseas   Nov-08-08 03:19 PM   #27 
     - So after years of conservatism, shouldn't we have some liberalism  Cleita   Nov-08-08 03:22 PM   #31 
        - I would love it. It would be great for our country.  Overseas   Nov-08-08 04:33 PM   #39 
  - Hillary Clinton and Barney Frank. nt  Vinca   Nov-08-08 03:05 PM   #12 
  - Reid with Durban and Pelosi with Israel  Magic Rat   Nov-08-08 03:08 PM   #16 
  - Dodd or Feingold for Senate; not sure about House. nt  JoeIsOneOfUs   Nov-08-08 03:09 PM   #18 
  - Feingold & Kucinich  mrone2   Nov-08-08 03:10 PM   #19 
  - Chuck Schumer (NY) and Marcia Kaptur (OH-9). nt  TheWraith   Nov-08-08 03:11 PM   #21 
  - Nobody  MindMatter   Nov-08-08 03:12 PM   #22 
  - that's kind of my point in the original post.  PretzelWarrior   Nov-08-08 03:20 PM   #29 
  - Clinton in the Senate, Wasserman-Schultz in the House.  prodn2000   Nov-08-08 03:20 PM   #28 
  - I'm with Marsala - Sanders & Kucinich  eleny   Nov-08-08 03:21 PM   #30 
  - Why replace either, especially now? We need them.  lamp_shade   Nov-08-08 03:37 PM   #34 
  - I want the leadership to not be in the hip pockets of Washington lobbyists  Cleita   Nov-08-08 03:40 PM   #37 
  - Boxer and Kucinich (nt)  bigwillq   Nov-08-08 06:26 PM   #41 
  - Agreed  carnie_sf   Nov-09-08 12:51 PM   #44 
  - Schumer in the Senate, and as for the House....  DinoBoy   Nov-09-08 01:02 PM   #45 
  - I would let them govern  Nathancummings   Nov-09-08 01:04 PM   #46 
 

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