Bloodless Coup

House Liberals Not Lining Up Behind Murtha's Leadership Bid

So reports The Hill - and to which I say, good. The Pelosi/Hoyer team seems to have done a good job in keeping a pretty diverse caucus together most of the time, and Steny Hoyer has proven to be a bridge-builder. He appears, to me, to have done a good job as whip. And the article rightly notes that a lots of Democrats, no matter what they think of the war, are looking for competent leaders who can effectively manage the caucus. They aren't demanding ideological purity. And even if they were, as the article points out, on a lot of issues Jack Murtha isn't remotely liberal.