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Pelosi cuts and runs from Murtha?
Puppet's days are limited...
 We’ve heard for months now that Congressman
John Murtha had the backing of Nancy Pelosi in his bid to become the
next Majority Leader should Democrats gain control. Murtha has spent
months doing Pelosi’s bidding – campaigning for dozens of Democrat
candidates across the country, undermining support for our troops in
Iraq and calling for America to once again cut and run.
Now, with just two weeks before the
elections, is Pelosi pulling a cut and run on Murtha?
That’s what Robert Novak contends in his
Sunday column [LINK]:
House Democrat Leader Nancy Pelosi is not expected to actively
support her longtime ally, Rep. John Murtha, in his bid to become
majority leader if Democrats win control of the House.
Pelosi's nonsupport would guarantee election of her rival, Rep.
Steny Hoyer, as the House's No. 2 Democrat while she becomes speaker
without opposition. Murtha had strongly supported Pelosi in her 2001
victory over Hoyer to enter the party leadership.
Murtha, a hero to Iraq War dissenters, lacks support to defeat
Hoyer without Pelosi's backing. Hoyer commands the widest popularity
among House Democrats to be elected speaker but cannot cope with solid
support given Pelosi by the huge delegation from her home state of
California
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