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Mon 9 Feb, 2009 02:47 pm
Rep. Heath Shuler (D-N.C) has further ingratiated himself with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi " not " by declaring that Pelosi and Harry Reid "failed" the bipartisanship test on stimulus.
"In order for us to get the confidence of America, it has to be done in a bipartisan way," Shuler said in Raleigh following an economic forum, according to the AP.
"We have to have everyone " Democrats and Republicans standing on the stage with the administration " saying, 'We got something done that was efficient, stimulative and timely.'"
Here's the kicker: "I truly feel that's where maybe House leadership and Senate leadership have really failed."
Shuler, rumored to be mulling a '10 Senate run, was one of 11 House Democrats to vote "no" on the stimulus and was already deep in Pelosi's doghouse. Now he'll have to build a Harry Reid wing.
@Woiyo9,
One problem with the "Gingrich led revolution" of 1994 was that many of the more conservative/moderate Democrats that voted their conscience instead of party line either didn't run in that election or were defeated in the GOP 'landslide'. What was left was mostly the far left partisan party-obedient types which created a bigger divide between the two sides of the aisle. And because there are so few left with the insight and backbone to do what is best for the American people instead of what is expedient for the party, the leadership is not afraid to punish the few brave souls who dare to buck the party line.
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