One of the things that really hasn't been talked about much is the impact all this talk about change might reflect on another member of the Ohio delegation: Deborah Pryce.
Hill News:
Conference Chairwoman Deborah Pryce (R-Ohio) could face a revolt among conservatives who want major changes in House GOP leadership and who could focus on her if Rep. Roy Blunt (Mo.) beats Rep. John Boehner (Ohio) for majority leader.
“She’s not been a strong spokeswoman” for the GOP’s agenda, said a rank-and-file conservative Republican lawmaker. “Too often, she does not seem to have an agenda.”
GOP allies of Rep. Tom DeLay (R-Texas) when he was majority leader were angered last year because they believed Pryce did not respond forcefully enough to ethics charges Democrats leveled against him.
Pryce won her position in 2002 by trouncing two conservative men, but several lawmakers, including Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Mich.), now a candidate for majority whip; Conference Secretary John Doolittle (Calif.); and Conference Vice Chairman Jack Kingston (R-Ga.), considered challenging Pryce after the 2004 election when she indicated that she wanted to chair the House Rules Committee or the Financial Services Committee.
“There currently is not a race for conference chairman,” said Sean Spicer, Pryce’s spokesman. “What we are tasked with doing is executing and following the rules of the conference for the 109th Congress.”
If it comes down that Pryce has to go, I vote for Doolittle...if only because it fits
Jonah's rule about having a last name that fits conservative ideals when it comes to government.
