The 2006 elections showed that our participation does still matter, and we find ourselves in a situation in which there are high hopes for Nancy Pelosi to bring strong, intelligent change and not stoop to underhanded politics.
I was disappointed, then, to read the story of her support thrown for Congressman John Murtha, when it looks like Steny Hoyer had been a clear and reasonable frontrunner. Quick research on Congressman Hoyer shows that he has had one minor issue recently, one overblown for shock value in my opinion, but seems relatively clean other than that.
While Hoyer and Pelosi had competed in the past, we need clean choices right now, not people who will do her bidding. I'm not familiar enough with either candidate to know if there were other reasons for her backing of Murtha instead of Hoyer, but it certainly seems like a case of mutual loyalty over fairness.
I'd hoped for better from the incoming Speaker of the House.
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