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**Sertvfdnhgjk** · 01-07-2011, 01:39 AM

What was it, 19 Democrats didn't vote for Pelosi? That's the worst showing since 1913.

Every Republican voted for Boehner.

She leaves a very proud legacy though.

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/the...ng-fix-31.html

Posted at 8:01 AM ET, 01/ 6/2011

Democrats' defection from Pelosi is historic

By Aaron Blake and Chris Cillizza

How divided are Democrats' right now?

With 19 Democrats withholding support from Nancy Pelosi for House speaker on Wednesday, it represented the largest defection from a party's speaker nominee in nearly a century.

The resistance in the Democratic Party to back now-former Speaker Pelosi (D-Calif.) in the ceremonial first vote of the 112th Congress registered higher than at any point since 1913, according to data from the Congressional Research Service.

That year, which happens to be the last year for which records are available, featured 23 votes for Republicans other than that party's speaker nominee. Of the 19 Democrats who didn't support Pelosi on Wednesday, 18 voted for other Democrats and one voted "present."

In no other election in between do the numbers approach those two races (with an asterisk next to 1923, when 22 votes were cast for other Republicans on the first of nine ballots; by the ninth and final ballot, though, there were only two defectors).

Back in the 1920s, though, defections were much more common. Since 1945, only seven such protest votes have been lodged -- total.

01-07-2011, 01:39 AM	#1
Sertvfdnhgjk Join Date Nov 2005 Posts 513 Senior Member	WAPO: The Fix - Democrats' defection from Pelosi is historic---worst since 1913 What was it, 19 Democrats didn't vote for Pelosi? That's the worst showing since 1913. Every Republican voted for Boehner. She leaves a very proud legacy though. http://voices.washingtonpost.com/the...ng-fix-31.html Posted at 8:01 AM ET, 01/ 6/2011 Democrats' defection from Pelosi is historic By Aaron Blake and Chris Cillizza How divided are Democrats' right now? With 19 Democrats withholding support from Nancy Pelosi for House speaker on Wednesday, it represented the largest defection from a party's speaker nominee in nearly a century. The resistance in the Democratic Party to back now-former Speaker Pelosi (D-Calif.) in the ceremonial first vote of the 112th Congress registered higher than at any point since 1913, according to data from the Congressional Research Service. That year, which happens to be the last year for which records are available, featured 23 votes for Republicans other than that party's speaker nominee. Of the 19 Democrats who didn't support Pelosi on Wednesday, 18 voted for other Democrats and one voted "present." In no other election in between do the numbers approach those two races (with an asterisk next to 1923, when 22 votes were cast for other Republicans on the first of nine ballots; by the ninth and final ballot, though, there were only two defectors). Back in the 1920s, though, defections were much more common. Since 1945, only seven such protest votes have been lodged -- total.
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