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There's a long list of reasons why the presumptive Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi could have decided not to pick a favorite in the race to be the No. 2 Democrat in the House of Representatives. The Speaker customarily doesn't even vote on the House floor, so it would have been very easy for her to stay out of the fight, at least publicly. The candidate she just endorsed, Pennsylvania Congressman John Murtha, is a decided underdog in the race against Maryland's Steny Hoyer, who has served as the House Minority Whip since 2003, so Pelosi...
Alaska elected Republican Sarah Palin its first female Governor. Democrat Carol Shea-Porter will become the first woman to represent New Hampshire in the House. The new Congress will be 16% female--an all-time high. And the House is expected to have its first female Speaker, Nancy Pelosi, who said, "Maybe it takes a woman to clean House...
...renewable energy. The President, who said in his last State of the Union address that "America is addicted to oil," is scheduled to talk up hybrid and ethanol-powered flex-fuel cars this week. And his market-centric approach may find an ally in Michigan's John Dingell, the Democrat who will be in charge of the House Energy and Commerce Committee. Unlike many of his party colleagues, Dingell, a friend of his state's auto industry, is against mandating higher fuel-efficiency standards for carmakers...
...allows them to forget about "racial guilt." As an Asian American who strongly supports Obama, where do I fall? Once again, a conversation on race has been reduced to white and black. I am energized by the Senator because he is smart, thoughtful and pragmatic. He represents me, a Democrat with strong Christian values. He knows the struggle of trying to attain the American Dream and the difficulties of being an ethnic minority in America. It's as simple as that. Chong-Hwa Lee Derwood, Maryland...
...Hell will freeze over and the devil will be on ice skates before the South will ever support a mixed-race liberal Democrat for President. There are still a lot of people down here who believe that miscegenation (which, like abortion, used to be a crime) remains immoral and sinful. Add to that Obama's al-Qaeda-sounding name, and it's plain that he has no chance of being elected President. Michael P. Delaney Pasadena, Texas...