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nority leader, Pelosi (D-Calif.) brokered a deal between her lieutenants to stay on in second and third leadership positions next year, defusing what had become a heated race for party control in theHouse. In a letter Saturday afternoon
to her Democratic colleagues, Pelosi said she would offer Rep. James E. Clyburn (D-S.C.) the newly created position of assis- tant leader, keeping him as the third leader. She did notmention her internal rival, Rep. Steny H. Hoyer (D-Md.), but her endorse- ment ofClyburnserved as implic- it support forHoyer to serve next year as minority whip, the sec- ond-most senior leadership post. Both men agreed to the deal,
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Wednesdaymorning. Because no other challenger has stepped for- ward, Pelosi is likely to keep her top position. However, about two dozen
Democrats have criticized Pelo- si’s decision to stay in power. This is a new development in Pelosi’s eight-year leadership of the HouseDemocrats—the first four as minority leader and the sec- ond four as speaker. During that time, she won broad support in the party for legislative accom- plishments and for raising tens of millions of dollars to wage cam-
phrased a favorite saying ofPresi- dent Obama, Pelosi and her lead- ership team, who often accused Republicans of driving thenation “into a ditch” “She just drove the bus . . . off
the Grand Canyon,” he told a reporter in his district. “I don’t think she should be the leader of the Democratic Party.” Recognizing the discontent,
Pelosi lined up countervailing support from allies such as the Sierra Club and the Service Em- ployees International Union. With these major Democratic
“The best way to resolve this issue, maintain diversity in the leadership and cohesion in our caucus is to pull up another chair to the leadership table.”
—Rep. James E. Clyburn, in a written endorsement of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s plan for the newly created position of “assistant leader,” a post designed with Clyburn in mind.
Hoyer has strong ties to the several dozen moderate Demo- crats in Congress. Clyburn has equally deep ties to the liberal wing as the only member of the Congressional Black Caucus in an elected leadership slot. Rather than allowing the two
men to continue a divisive battle — which Hoyer appeared to be winning, based on public letters of support — Pelosi created a new position for Clyburn, with undefined responsibilities. Its ti- tle is similar to a different, non- elected post known as “assistant to the speaker” or “assistant to the minority leader.” It’s unclear how the new position will be funded or where its offices will be.
But unity was the goal and, if
rank-and-file Democrats agree on Wednesday, unity will be achieved. With Clyburn endorsed for the
paigns. Now, her critics have likened
the party’s predicament to a sports team that suffers a losing season and must show its fans that it understands the problem by firing the coach or other top management. Rep. Tim Holden (D-Pa.) para-
supporters and others backing Pelosi, it makes it more difficult for anyone to challenge her. Supporters said her remaining
obstacle to staying in power was achieving consensus on her lead- ership team because rank-and- file Democrats did not want to face a choice between Hoyer and Clyburn. As the minority party, Democrats will lose the speaker’s slot and end upwith one less seat at the leadership table. Hoyer and Clyburn are liberals, but
No. 3 position, Rep. John Larson (D-Conn.) has Pelosi's backing to stay on as caucus chairmanwhen Democrats become the minority next year. Larson currently holds that title, but it's the No. 4 position in themajority. It would remain so under Pelosi's new leadership structure. Rep. Xavier Becerra (D-Calif.), the highest- ranking Hispanic leader, would then stay on as vice chairman of the caucus, theNo. 5 post he now holds. “The best way to resolve this
issue, maintain diversity in the leadership and cohesion in our caucus is to pull up another chair to the leadership table,” Clyburn wrote Saturday afternoon in a letter endorsing Pelosi’s plan.
kanep@washpost.com
Murkowski confident Miller can’t catch up
Alaska senator up by 11,000 votes with 60% of write-ins counted
BY DAN EGGEN Sen. LisaMurkowski of Alaska
appeared to bewell on herway to keeping her U.S. Senate seat on Saturday as the results of a contentious write-in vote count continued to tilt in her favor. Murkowski’s campaign argued
that challenger JoeMiller has no chance of closing an 11,000-vote gap between himand the incum- bent, who launched an aggres- sive write-in campaign for the seat after Miller defeated her in the GOP primary. A Murkowski victory would
make her the first U.S. Senate candidate in 56 years to win a write-in campaign. A win would also mark a rebuke for the Re- publican leadership, which shunnedMurkowski, and former Alaska governor Sarah Palin, who loudly endorsedMiller, a tea party favorite. On Election Day, Alaskans gave 87,517 votes to Miller and
98,565 votes to a write-in candi- date. Democrat Scott McAdams soon after conceded defeat. State election officials have awarded Murkowski about 98 percent of the write-in ballots that have been counted so far. The Murkowski campaign
contended Saturday that even if all of the ballots challenged by Miller were thrown out, he would be unable to make up the difference. The Murkowski cam- paign also said the number of challenges by Miller “dropped noticeably” this weekend, mak- ing his chances of success even lower. Miller said Saturday that he
would not fight a clear victory for Murkowski but that he would make no announcement until after absentee ballots from mili- tary voters are counted this week, the Associated Press re- ported. “I think to call the race, to say
that their vote doesn’t matter, to forget about counting their votes, I think that’s an inappro- priate approach,” he said. By midday Saturday, election
officials had counted nearly 60 percent of the write-in ballots. They said they expected to wrap up the process by Monday at the latest. Miller has successfully challenged fewer than 2 percent of the write-ins during four days of counting. Miller’s strategy in the fight
was to challenge as many write- in votes as possible to close the gap between him and Murkows- ki. The Republican nominee’s campaign also objected to the counting standards used by state election officials, who ruled that ballots would be awarded to Murkowski as long as the intent of the voter was clear. Miller’s lawyers argued for a more strin- gent standard that would effec- tively forbid spelling errors or otherminormistakes. Murkowski, in an interview
late Friday on CNN, said the challenges were an “act of des- peration” by a candidate who is unlikely to prevail. “In order for Miller to even be
able to get close, he’s going to have to have so many of these votes that have written in my name . . . thrown out,”Murkows- ki said. “You should not be argu- ing over penmanship when you’re talking about validating an individual’s vote.” Another sign of Miller’s dwin-
dling chances is a small exodus of lawyers who had traveled to Anchorage to help the candi- dates in the ballot battle. One of those who departed Saturday was Murkowski attorney Ben Ginsberg, who represented George W. Bush in the 2000 Florida recount fight against Democrat Al Gore. “I leave confident in the out-
come given the competency of the Division of Elections and the excellent team the Murkowski campaign has assembled,” Gins- berg said in a statement.
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