This is too much fun:
Hostility between the House's two top Democrats has reached theHat tip: Betsy Newmark.
point where Minority Whip Steny Hoyer's aides whisper they would rather not regain the majority if it means Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi becoming speaker of the House.Hoyer would not challenge Pelosi for speaker. But if Democrats fail to carry the House this year for the eighth straight election, there will be pressure on Hoyer to run against her for minority leader.
A footnote: Rep. John Murtha of Pennsylvania, a Pelosi ally, has announced he will run for majority leader against Hoyer if Democrats win control. Critics of Pelosi in the House Democratic caucus say Murtha is unsuited for nuts-and-bolts duties as majority leader but would make a good speaker.
So readers, who would you vote most valuable to the Republicans' prospects for holding the House? Pelosi or Murtha. I think Murtha would have to get my vote, but it would not be by much.
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