Democrats Defending Pelosi

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Caucus Stands Behind Leader in CIA Briefing Controversy
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/05/19/AR2009051903616.html?hpid=topnews

House Democrats have rushed to the defense of Speaker Nancy Pelosi in her public battle with the CIA, a reflection of the enormous loyalty the California Democrat enjoys in her caucus despite a month-long effort by Republicans to use the dispute to weaken her standing.

Yesterday several leading Democrats joined her in criticizing the CIA's procedures for briefing Congress on intelligence issues and, rather than distancing themselves from Pelosi, top Democrats said they believe that the CIA misled her in a September 2002 briefing about controversial techniques used during interrogations of alleged al-Qaeda operatives. Some questioned the agency's new director, Leon Panetta, for defending officials for actions that occurred before his tenure, while others tried to poke holes in the accuracy of the CIA's recordkeeping.

The strong support for Pelosi stems in large part from the reservoir of goodwill she gained in leading her caucus to a House majority in 2006. Most of her Democratic colleagues continue to trust her judgment and say they want her to be their leader in pressing a broad agenda with the White House, including health-care reform and the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.

"I think the members the Democratic caucus see this for what it is -- a political tactic to distract from the substance of what was done," House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (D-Md.) said yesterday of Republican attempts to exploit the CIA controversy.

Hoyer, a former Pelosi rival in leadership elections, added that not a single member of the Democratic caucus has questioned him about Pelosi's stance, and he said it has not been a point of discussion in leadership meetings.

[bananas]

1. Good. nt

[kentuck]

2. K&R

Good news!

[Truth2Tell]

3. "The strong support for Pelosi

stems in large part from the reservoir of goodwill she gained in leading her caucus to a House majority in 2006."

Come on.

The strong support for Pelosi stems in large part from the culture of ass-kissing and hierarchy carefully nurtured in our Party system through financial rewards and career endangering punishments.

I'm fine with the Caucus defending Pelosi on this, but that sentence is just stupid.

[Gregorian]

4. The repubs think they found a get out of jail free card.

I smell it. They're all over this. I'm getting more than a little impatient with our immature counterpart. It's time for indictments. These criminals probably had think tanks all over the country figure out just how to pull off this crime. Getting a hook into Nancy Pelosi was one of their tricks. And in other news, today the speaker of parliament resigned. I had this odd subconscious thought that just maybe it is related in some weird way. Oh never mind. That's pretty conspiratorial.

[Wednesdays]

5. K&R

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