Pelosi spurns Cantor on seating

[babylonsister]

Pelosi spurns Cantor on seating
By Russell Berman - 01/25/11 12:51 PM ET


House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) invited Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) to sit next to him at the State of the Union address — but the former House Speaker says she's already committed.

"I thank @GOPLeader for his #SOTU offer, but I invited my friend Rep.{Roscoe} Bartlett from MD yesterday & am pleased he accepted," Pelosi tweeted.

The invitation from Cantor was made Monday evening through staffers for the two leaders, spokesman Brad Dayspring said.

The pairing would have been among the more high-profile for an event that has in recent days been compared to a school dance, as lawmakers scurry to find cross-party seatmates for the president’s annual address. Instead of the traditional party-line seating arrangement, dozens of members have planned to sit with lawmakers from the other party as a symbol of renewed civility.

The Cantor-Pelosi duo would likely have been awkward, however. The new GOP majority leader on Monday singled out Pelosi for unprompted criticism while he praised her chief deputy, Minority Whip Steny Hoyer (D-Md.). Cantor and Hoyer were scheduled to have lunch Tuesday, and Cantor noted that while he and Hoyer met throughout the last Congress, he and Pelosi did not.

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[Crankie Avalon]

1. In his youth, Mr. Cantor had tough times at Sadie Hawkins dances, as well. n/t

[babylonsister]

2. lol! Weren't they once every 4 years?

:D

[JoePhilly]

3. She already had a right wing date.

[joe the nerd]

4. Why should she

i heard she told him that she was washing her hair and wasn't available.

eric cantor going stag to the prom - who would of thought it?

Maybe he can go with Jerome Nadler, i hear he has a nice personality.

[gratuitous]

12. I heard her grandma was real sick

Let's see, what other excuses do I remember from my high school days? I think I heard them all. Although I have to say that I learned very quickly not to ask a girl out the night before the big event.

[JBoy]

13. She's too polite to say the real reason. Cantor has cooties.

[elleng]

5. about Bartlett:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roscoe_Bartlett

[blogslut]

6. Wanna bet Cantor asked her after the fact?

After he knew she had promised to go with Bartlett - just so we could get headlines like the one in the OP?

She SPURNEDED Himz! That mean lady!

[babylonsister]

7. Sounds like he waited til the very last minute; no one else wanted

to go with him? :D

[blogslut]

8. Think he'll ask another Dem?

Or will he sit there all butthurt? He's very good at that.

[babylonsister]

9. I imagine everyone's dance card is full by now-except Cantor's.

:)

[blogslut]

11. Poor thing

Maybe he can go with his cousin. :hi:

[AlinPA]

10. Is there anyone, anywhere more slimy looking that that Cantor. His "smile" is hateful and he looks

so arrogant and sneaky. When he was young, he must also have had a lot of people despise him.

[tularetom]

14. Yeah and his adams apple is almost as big as Ann Coulter's