Is there any chance Pelosi will be replaced as Speaker of the House?

[Poiuyt]

What's involved in that? Do the House Representatives vote each year?

[theoldman]

1. If they get caught doing something wrong, they can be

replace at any time. If you look at past history, many in her position were kicked out.

[book_worm]

2. probably not.

[liberalmuse]

3. Sadly, no.

She is doing exactly what the powers-that-be want her to do. Absolutely nothing of significance.

[Me.]

4. The Person Who Wants Her Job

is Rahm. So we'd go from bad to worse.

[MonkeyFunk]

8. Rahm's only been in the House 5 years

Steny Hoyer would be far more likely to make a successrul run at it.

That said, though, Pelosi will be handily reelected as speaker, barring some really big scandal.

[Hippo_Tron]

10. I've read that Hoyer doesn't have the clout nor the ambition to get the job

And that if anything it's going to Clyburn next if he wants it. Rahm's got a chance of getting it eventually because he's younger than Hoyer and Clyburn.

[Me.]

16. Tell That To Rahm

“Before he was mentioned as a possible Senate successor to Barack Obama, before he helped lead the Democrats back to power in the House, before he was even elected to his first term as the congressman from the North Side of Chicago, Rahm Emanuel was telling friends that he had one goal in life: to become the first Jewish speaker of the House.

But the No. 4 man in the House Democratic leadership has become a victim of his own success. As chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Emanuel helped lead the Democrats back to the majority in 2006. That victory put the speaker's gavel in the hands of Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), and she's not likely to give it up any time soon.

Emanuel -- who is both ambitious and impatient -- may not be able to wait. In early June, conservative columnist Robert Novak wrote that Pelosi was "reported to be privately talking" about Emanuel as a possible successor for Barack Obama if Illinois' junior senator is elected president.”

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/07/16/rahm-emanuel-wants-to-be_n_113018.html


“Emanuel and Pelosi flatly denied the rumor, but it has sparked a new round in one of Washington’s favorite parlor games: What does Rahm want now?

The now part is easy to answer, Emanuel says.

Although he has what insiders call a “solid relationship” with Democratic Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, who would name Obama’s replacement if it comes to that, Emanuel says Obama’s job isn’t on his radar screen.

But if Obama’s seat becomes available and Emanuel doesn’t jump, it will serve only to raise the questions all over again: What does Rahm really want, and what is his timetable for getting there?

Emanuel won’t say, and other Democrats are not eager to make pronouncements about the political outlook of their sometimes volatile colleague — at least not publicly.

But the private consensus among Democratic members, even among those who count themselves as critics, is that Emanuel is on the path to the speaker’s chair. Emanuel will have to do some fence-mending to get there, especially with some black and Hispanic Democrats he has offended over the years. But that obstacle is not seen as insurmountable for someone who, as chairman of the DCCC, gets the lion’s share of the credit for ending the GOP’s control of the House after 12 years.”

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0708/11782.html

[Benhurst]

5. The best chance we'd have to remove her would be a loss

of seats to the Republicans this year, which is highly unlikely. "Her" success in increasing our majority will guarantee her another term if she wants it, an unfortunate consequence of what should be a very good year in the House elections.

[wurzel]

6. No. The "leaders" protect each other better than they protect us.

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[MiniMe]

7. They vote on a speaker at the start of each new congress

So they will vote on the speaker when Congress is back in session in January 2009. Each party selects their nominee for the seat and then they vote on it. It would be very unusual for the minority party to win the Speaker vote.

There may be another challenger for speaker before the dems vote, I think John Murtha took a shot at it at the beginning of this congressional session, but now that Nancy has been elected speaker, it would take a real power grab to take it away from her. After the Speaker vote, the speaker will decide on the committee chairmen. So anybody else that ran would be risking losing any committee chairmanships that they have.

I would say the only way for Pelosi to not be the speaker at this point is for her to lose the San Francisco Congressional election (extremely unlikely) or for the republicans to win the majority of seats in the general election, also extremely unlikely.

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[indepat]

9. Loss of her seat in the Congress would most surely get the job done

:P

[MonkeyFunk]

11. And who's going to beat her?

Cindy Sheehan? LOL!

[indepat]

14. Each and every enabler and abettor needs to be voted out of office: that's almost all 'pukes and far

too many Dems. :P

[MonkeyFunk]

15. yeah

good luck with that.

She'll be elected very handily. The notion that it's possible to replace every dem with a Kucinich-clone is just stupid.

[indepat]

21. Would it be stupid to hope to elect those to national office who would uphold their oaths of office

to preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States rather than to aid and abet in its destruction? Yeah, guess it would be stupid to hope so. Sadly, if you are correct, this Republic is deservedly history. :D

[MonkeyFunk]

22. And the idea that you can protect and defend the consitution

by ensuring that Bush gets acquitted is just dumb.

People seem to think that if only Nancy Pelosi weren't Speaker, that Bush would be impeached and convicted. It's just insane.

[BlooInBloo]

12. No boy in the world will be the boy who kicked the girl out....

So unless there's another girl near the top of the list, no.

[skidoo]

13. I sure hope she is voted out.

Horrible job she is doing; worthless.

[butterfly77]

17. I hope so..

along with Reid..

[2KS2KHonda]

18. A chance? It is an absolute certainty

at some point.