Steny’s Consensus

Steny’s Consensus

by digby

For those of you still yearning for some sweet, sweet bipartisanship, you may just get your wish in the House of Representatives:

But as poll results worsen and a Republican-controlled House looks more and more likely, Democrats are beginning to realize they face a top-to-bottom leadership shake-up if the powerful speaker steps aside in a Democratic minority.

For the most part, Democrats have no obvious road map, no heir apparent to the Pelosi mantle and a fairly thin bench around which to plan the future of their party. After the election, Democrats would face a power vacuum in the lower ranks — assuming current House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer takes the helm as minority leader in a post-Pelosi Democratic Caucus.

The Big Money Boyz will convince the leadership to replace Pelosi because her rabid liberal, feminist agenda is what destroyed the Democratic majority. Even though it will be right wing loser GOP lite Blue Dogs who will have lost.

Don’t expect much Democratic obstructionism. It’s all going to be left up to Obama’s veto pen. When he’s running for re-election. After a crushing loss.

Oh hell.

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