GOP set to elevate leadership team

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061117/ap_on_go_co/congress_leaders

By ANDREW TAYLOR


WASHINGTON - House Republicans appear set to elevate two of their top leaders in internal party elections, despite unrest within the rank and file and spirited campaigns from conservative challengers.

Majority Leader John Boehner, R-Ohio, and Majority Whip Roy Blunt, R-Mo., both appear to be carrying comfortable leads into Friday's closed-door elections. They are the second- and third-ranking Republicans behind Speaker Dennis Hastert, R-Ill., but they are poised to step up since Hastert has opted to leave GOP leadership ranks now that the party has lost control of the House.

Democrats, for their part, are focusing on healing the wounds from a rancorous battle for their No. 2 leadership post, a struggle in which Rep. Steny Hoyer (news, bio, voting record), D-Md., defeated a rival backed by Speaker-to-be Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif.

The battle between Hoyer and John Murtha, D-Pa., appeared to overshadow Pelosi's unanimous selection by Democrats to become the first female speaker when Democrats take control of the House in January. Pelosi had aggressively backed top ally Murtha over Hoyer, with whom she has long had a testy relationship.

[Chipper Chat]

1. Fox News is acting like the Pubs are still in charge of the House.

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:
Pelosi will put Boner in his place.
As for the Senate, Reid will Rule - and that's saying aLott.