Wednesday, January 25, 2006

Shadegg Gets Two Endorsements in Majority Leader Race


Two GOP congressmen -- a moderate and a conservative -- joined forces Tuesday to endorse Rep. John Shadegg of Arizona as a candidate to succeed Rep. Tom DeLay as the powerful House majority leader.

Shadegg's backers, Reps. Jeff Flake, R-Arizona, and Charles Bass, R-New Hampshire, argue he would provide a "fresh face" in the House leadership. They spearheaded a petition drive this month for a new permanent majority leader...

A congressman since 1994, Shadegg faces an uphill race against Blunt and Rep. John Boehner, R-Ohio. Blunt is said to be the front-runner, claiming to have more than the 117 votes in the GOP caucus needed to win the post.

Ninety House members publicly have supported Blunt's candidacy. Boehner's camp maintains the race isn't over, arguing he has 90 supporters, 47 of them public...

Bass, co-chair of the moderate House Tuesday Group, said all three candidates for majority leader are "philosophically more or less the same," but he singled Shadegg out as a "true reformer."


posted by Effwit @ 11:26 AM




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