Saturday, May 03, 2008
'In a sign of the growing chaos in the chamber'
More drips updates here and here. John Rogers is using Tom Finneran's old playbook to win the speakership, i.e. courting Republicans. ... Why isn't Sal cracking down on DeLeo and Rogers? Is he too nice? Is he too detached? Is he really thinking of leaving? Sal looks as vulnerable as any sitting non-indicted speaker since Tom McGee in 1984, when George Keverian ousted him in a coup. But here's the difference between then and now: Rogers and DeLeo aren't jockeying to overthrow Sal. They're jockeying to fill a void. ...
More drips updates here and here. John Rogers is using Tom Finneran's old playbook to win the speakership, i.e. courting Republicans. ... Why isn't Sal cracking down on DeLeo and Rogers? Is he too nice? Is he too detached? Is he really thinking of leaving? Sal looks as vulnerable as any sitting non-indicted speaker since Tom McGee in 1984, when George Keverian ousted him in a coup. But here's the difference between then and now: Rogers and DeLeo aren't jockeying to overthrow Sal. They're jockeying to fill a void. ...
