Reply #8: here in the dc area, it is universally reported that hoyer is NOT liberal. [View All]

[Leopolds Ghost]

he is an old-fashioned Maryland Democratic machine politician, like Ben Cardin. Sarbanes is the last of the heartfelt MD liberals. the rest of them (including Repubs like Ehrlich) use it for votes, period, so they can run again and continue sucking up corporate cash. That is how MD (and NJ) works, unfortunately. Remember how Barbara Mikulski was such a big fan of, i believe it was wiretapping? I was shocked until I remembered that it's all about social issues for these folks, that is their only litmus test for calling themselves "95% liberal".

Is Murtha any better? I don't know. Where's Hoyer been on the war?