Bobby Bright Is First Dem Incumbent To Say He Won't Back Pelosi For Speaker (VIDEO)

[jefferson_dem]

Bobby Bright Is First Dem Incumbent To Say He Won't Back Pelosi For Speaker (VIDEO)
First Posted: 10- 7-10 01:28 PM | Updated: 10- 7-10 01:47 PM

Bobby Bright, a Democrat from Alabama, became the first House Democrat to definitively say that he will not vote to make Nancy Pelosi the Speaker of the 112th House of Representatives, telling the local WSFA that he would vote for "a centrist."

"I am not going to vote for Nancy Pelosi as Speaker of the House. Neither the leader of the minority party, John Boehner, nor the present Speaker, will get my vote. I will vote for someone, a centrist, who is much more like me," said Bright in an interview with a local station.

Bright's Republican opponent has repeatedly attempted to tie Bright to Pelosi, a reflection of a national strategy that Republicans have employed over the past several election cycles.

Bright previously made news by dodging the question of whether he'd vote for her by speculating that she may not even be alive at the time. (Four Democratic House challengers have said that they will not vote for Pelosi, though none are considered viable.)

The lack of an endorsement of Pelosi comes as Bright's race is tightening. An internal Republican poll provided to HuffPost shows Bright trailing his Republican opponent Martha Roby by two points, within the margin of error but evidence of a much tighter race than previous polls had shown. The district is overwhelmingly Republican, with the GOP holding a 16-point registration advantage, according to the Cook Political Report. Despite the lean of the district, Bright is a reasonably popular figure and Cook lists the seat as lean Democratic.

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[joeybee12]

1. Interestingly enough, Bright is the first Dem incumbant I hope to see lose...

He's an idiot.

[AtomicKitten]

3. Chet Edwards (Texas) is another "Democratic" douchebag. nt

[sadbear]

11. Chet's district is the most republican-leaning district to be represented by a Democrat

He's better than the alternative, considering his constituency.

[Lord Helmet]

13. he's anti-Obama and it doesn't get much worse than that

[LynneSin]

10. Honestly, if it helps him win the seat, I don't give a flying rats ass

as long as he sides with the democrats in general so we can keep our majority.

I have no problem with people wanting to challenge Pelosi for her speaker position but I highly doubt there would be enough votes out there to challenge her.

We have some other democratic centrists that to be honest, I'll take them if it helps us keep our majority. Like Chris Carney in PA-10. He's about as moderate to republican leaning that a democrat can get without switching parties. But in a rural part of Pennsylvania that is heavy into God & Guns, a liberal would never get elected there. Carney won that seat on a fluke (the last guy who had the seat was a republican that beat his mistress) but he's won over the voters in PA-10 that they sent him back TWICE.

At this point we cant' afford to lose any house seats

[AtomicKitten]

2. .

(posted in wrong place - d'oh)

[bluestateguy]

4. I'm going to cut him a break on this

He has one of the most Blood Red districts of any Democrat, and I will cut him more slack than any other Democrat in the House.

Pelosi would only need a plurality to win, and if he needs to throw away his vote on somebody (as long as it's not Boehner), then I really don't see the harm.

[Arkana]

5. And Bobby Bright is no longer going to have a job after November 2

so why does anyone care what he says?

[tsuki]

6. I have been watching the ads on Dothan TV. I think you are correct.

Although, as Republicrat as he his, is opponent is a right of teabagging wingnut.

[FBaggins]

7. "I am not going to vote for Nancy Pelosi as Speaker of the House"

You're not going to vote for anybody for Speaker, Bobby... and the only way you'll get to vote for Pelosi is if you move to her district.

[KingFlorez]

8. We'll see what he does if he gets re-elected

And he's got a very good chance of returning, the internals show him up by 8. If the Democrats hold the House, he'll probably change his tune because of committee assignments.

[LiberalFighter]

9. I wonder what the leadership will decide on his committee assignments?

I sure as hell wouldn't forget what he says.

[golfguru]

12. After Nancy takes him to the woodshed

Bobby will change his mind.