[lbo-talk] up-er-down?

[Steven L. Robinson]

Leaving aside Pelosi, where were the so called Progressives, (Conyers,
Dennis the K, The Wonderful Barbara Lee etc)? Why weren't THEY willing to
fight? SR
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Doug Henwood" <dhenwood at panix.com>
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Sent: Saturday, November 19, 2005 12:05 PM
Subject: Re: [lbo-talk] up-er-down?


> For, of course, but I'm not in the House, which voted 403-3 against.
> (The 3: McKinney, Serrano, Wexler.) It was a clever move by the
> Republicans to make the Democrats squirm. Six months is too quick for
> them. Fighting Nancy Pelosi, once described on the cover of The
> Nation as "ready to rumble," is trying to "distance" herself from
> Murtha's resolution, as the NYT put it today. Considering how the
> surprise move of one Representative, Murtha, has changed the
> discourse, what would happen if Pelosi led her delegation in that
> direction?
>
> Doug
>
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