Hastert Post Seen in Jeopardy

[NVMojo]

WASHINGTON (AP) - House Speaker Dennis Hastert is expected by many Republicans to step aside as the GOP's leader if Democrats win big in next week's election. He may be on his way out even if the GOP emerges with a narrow majority.

The No. 2 House Republican, Majority Leader John Boehner of Ohio, is looking very much like a candidate to fill Hastert's shoes even though some Republicans appear to be agitating for fresh faces all around, win or lose.

There's lots of grumbling among Republican insiders over real and imagined leadership lapses. Not the least of those is the way Hastert's office handled - mishandled, some critics say - the Mark Foley page scandal.

Earlier episodes, including changing House rules two years ago to protect former Majority Leader Tom DeLay, R-Texas, in case he got indicted, helped breed the unhappiness. Interviews with current and former congressional aides, GOP lobbyists and strategists reveal surprisingly widespread discontent with Hastert, suggesting a demoralizing election could cement calls within GOP ranks for new leadership.

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http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/bw-elect/2006/oct/30/103009397.html

[Cha]

1. There are no "imagined leadership lapses"..

You can't make this shit up..I don't care what the butterqueen says.

[Monkeyman]

2. Its more in jeopardy at home

John is picking up steam he been covered by all major news outlets in Chicago

[greeneyedboy]

3. understatement!

[Jack Rabbit]

4. Hopefully, the voters will decide

Hopefully, the voters in Hastert's and Boehner's disticts will tell them to step aside.

[yellowcanine]

5. Both Hastert and Bonerman are gone if pubbies lose, imo.

The pubbies will be looking for more than one scapegoat and the current leadership will fill the bill. Any chance Bonerman will lose his seat?

[ShockediSay]

6. I thought he was a crook w/ his land deal nt

[SoCalDem]

7. When he goes to jail on the land deal, he can be speaker

of the JRC.. (Jailed Republican Caucus)
:rofl:

[Viva_La_Revolution]

8. "I'll take 'disgraced House Speakers' for $200, Alex"

:popcorn: