Friday, November 17, 2006

Ever Notice

How differently the Press treats leadership elections for the Democrats and Republicans.

Here's Roll Call on the Republicans:

Boehner, Blunt Win GOP Leadership Posts

Friday, Nov. 17; 2:51 pm
Reps. John Boehner (R-Ohio) and Roy Blunt won leadership elections Friday for the posts of Minority Leader and Minority Whip, respectively.

Now, heres Roll Call on the Democrats:

Hoyer Defeats Murtha; Vote Could Reverberate
Thursday, Nov. 16; 4:39 pm
A contentious fight for House Majority Leader that exposed deep fissures within the Democratic Caucus, ended Thursday morning in a victory for current Minority Whip Steny Hoyer (D-Md.), who decisively defeated Rep. John Murtha (D-Pa.), 149-86.

Notice anything interesting?

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

We can thank Thomas Jefferson for this.

Anonymous said...

I only wish the GOP leadership vote was as interesting as the Democrat leadership vote was. I think this was healthy for the democrats. As for the GOP - it was pathetic.

If the GOP had more of a fight for leadership positions then a more lively debate on the issues would have resulted. That would have been good for everyone.