Hastings Denied

http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2006/11/29/pelosi_drops_her_intelligence_post_pick/

Credit where it's due -- Pelosi denied Alcee Hastings the chairmanship of the intelligence committee, in spite of MAJOR pressure from the black caucus, which was already pissed off at her for putting pressure on Jefferson to resign after they found $90,000 in his freezer. (Yeah right, it's all just a racist plot. Yeesh.)

It would have looked awfully hypocritical if she had folded and let him in, given her stance on political corruption in the Republican party prior to the election. So this is a double-win and an encouraging sign for skeptics like myself.

Expect to see SOME kind of payoff for Hastings and/or the CBC in the near future, though.

Hastings, 70, expressed disappointment with the decision but said he would seek "better and bigger opportunities in a Democratic Congress." "Sorry, haters, God is not finished with me yet," Hastings said in a statement.