But as DeLay steps down to fight the criminal charge, House Speaker Dennis Hastert announced that he would recommend Rep. David Dreier (R-CA) as temporary majority leader. What gives?
Josh Marshall at Talking Points Memo has an intriguing (and well-informed) opinion:
Why Dreier? Because DeLay plans on coming back. If DeLay lets someone into the job who actually has the juice to hold it, he might never get it back. That's why the logical person on the totem pole, Majority Whip Roy Blunt, is staying right where he is.
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Perhaps, Ron, but the Republican members seem to have taken a shine to him.
They just elected Roy Blunt Majority Leader.
He's now a heartbeat away from becomming 3 heartbeats away.
JJ
Duly noted and posted, JJ. Does this mean Roy Blunt is a member of the Four Heartbeats?
You slipped one past me, Ron.
I'm lost with the "Four Heartbeats" reference.
Oh, and my bad, it's "one heartbeat away from being TWO heartbeats away."
Ever since Al Haig, I've had problems with that whole "chain of succession" thing.
Guts,
JJ
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