Dems Have No Good Choice for House Majority Leader

Unfortunately, the choice facing House Democrats as they choose their
Majority Leader is the same choice too many americans face when they
vote at the polls -- a choice between 'sucks' and 'sucks more.'

In
deciding the lesser of two evils, dems have to choose between John
Murtha and Steny Hoyer; the former being 'sucks' and the latter being
'sucks more.' In Murtha's favor is the way he broke the ice for
moderates in opposing the war. That gained him a lot of friends and
name recognition among the antiwar crowd, while making him a target of
right wing nuts who accuse him of being 'far left'. Anyone who opposes the war is 'far left.'

At truthdig, Robert Scheer writes:

...Clarity
of purpose in getting out of Iraq is all important, which is why the
war’s supporters are so desperate to smear forthright critics such as
Murtha. Witness Dick Morris joining conservative commentator Sean
Hannity in blasting Pelosi for backing Murtha: “He’s a leftist, he’s a
cheerleader for MoveOn.org, and she could have chosen a centrist,”
Morris said on Fox News. “Instead, she chose the most left guy she
could find.”

Ridiculous. Murtha, a leftist? Maybe on Iraq, but
his record on everything from abortion to gun control to Pentagon
budgets makes him an old-school conservative Democrat in this country,
as centrist as they come. Of course, pollster operative Morris knows
this full well, because it was precisely why Murtha’s call for
withdrawal was such a political earthquake.

But Murtha has a real problem -- he's ethically tainted...