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Nancy Pelosi Fuming Over Cynthia McKinney Debacle
House Democrats are fuming now that Cynthia McKinney's police assault case has stolen the spotlight from Republican troubles on Capitol Hill - and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi is reportedly so mad at McKinney that she's no longer speaking to the Georgia Democrat. "There’s been a lot of eye-rolling,” an aide to a moderate Democrat told the Hill newspaper on Tuesday, speaking on condition of anonymity. "The national attention it’s been getting has been unfortunate. It’s becoming a distraction.” A Democratic strategist told the paper that McKinney's attempt to charge the police with racism is sure the backfire. "This isn’t the view of Democrats that we want to project in the tough races, one of victims and race-baiting,” the strategist said.
Story Continues Below Rep. McKinney and Rep. Pelosi "no longer speak" to each other, the Hill reports - "not even to exchange greetings when encountering each other in the Capitol hallways." Even before McKinney's latest meltdown, Pelosi kept her distance. The Democratic leader twice turned down McKinney’s request to regain her seniority after she was defeated and then reelected in 2002 and 2004. But it's not just Pelosi. Apparently McKinney has gotten no support whatsoever from her congressional colleagues since her confrontation with police. "At her news conference Friday, organizers originally expected to have members of Congress join McKinney in a show of support," the Hill said. "None ultimately appeared, although Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.) sent a statement saying that 'the most responsible and useful course for all involved would be to seek a resolution that would be satisfactory to both parties.'" Adding insult to injury, retiring Rep. Tom DeLay told Human Events that if no one else files a complaint against McKinney with the House Ethics Committee, he intends to do so before he leaves.
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