I realize he's Nancy Pelosi's BFF and that he played a big role in the public's turnaround, but really? Really? Look, there's every reason to think that Murtha's corrupt, and he's exactly the sort of corrupt porker that Democrats should be making an example of by not protecting him. I doubt they'd lose much by dumping the dude. One wonders if this isn't Pelosi playing defense by trying to keep her biggest friends in powerful places, but it only adds to the stink already on her from the revelation that she might well have known about waterboarding all along. (Though I tend to believe the rumors are correct, I am not passing judgment at this time.)
I tend to like Pelosi and I think she's been a good leader for the Democrats, very underrated in fact. But I think she's already a compromised figure, and she's getting more compromised by the day. At this point she should be trying to minimize the cloud of suspicion around her, not maximize it. Something tells me that, unless she has a brilliant plan to get out of these messes, she won't be gaveling in the 112th Congress.
