Roy Blunt (MO) named temporary Majority Leader,

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    Originally Posted By Darkbeer

    <a href="http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/politics/3374417" target="_blank">http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ss
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    >>Rep. Roy Blunt, elected unanimously by his Republican colleagues Wednesday to serve as temporary House majority leader after Rep. Tom DeLay was indicted, is a low-key lawmaker and a committed conservative known for gently persuading colleagues to vote the will of party leaders.

    Blunt, 55, a fifth-term lawmaker from Missouri, has often held "listening sessions" of Republican lawmakers to hear opinions of moderates and conservatives on both sides of divisive issues to bring them together for compromise.

    As he takes over for DeLay, Blunt will continue serving in his current role as "whip," the No. 3 House Republican who rounds up votes for bills.

    Blunt served as Missouri secretary of state in the 1980s and was president of his alma mater, Southwest Baptist University.<<
     
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    Originally Posted By jasmine7

    Just a quick pet-peeve correction. ;-) The abbreviation for Missouri is MO. Michigan is MI. :)
     
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    Originally Posted By Darkbeer

    Oops, I know that....

    Where is the EDIT function ;)


    I apologize.... SORRY!
     
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    Originally Posted By Spree

    "The Hammer" to someone named "Blunt".....that's funny:)
     
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    Originally Posted By StillThePassHolder

    "Blunt, 55, a fifth-term lawmaker from Missouri, has often held "listening sessions" of Republican lawmakers to hear opinions of moderates and conservatives on both sides of divisive issues to bring them together for compromise."

    So why aren't the extreme right wing people calling this guy a spineless wimp? Suddenly he's a choice for leader?
     
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    Originally Posted By Spree

    ^^Unlike the left we usually wait until they do something before we start calling them names;)
     
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    Originally Posted By StillThePassHolder

    "^^Unlike the left we usually wait until they do something before we start calling them names;)

    News for you Spree- I'm a registered Republican. The reason I posted that is more than one right wing fanatic has called moderates spineless wimps.
     
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    Originally Posted By Dabob2

    Probably the reason is that Blunt isn't a moderate. As the first article said, he's a "committed conservative." He's just more low-key in style than DeLay.
     
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