Time magazine weighs in on the Hastings appointment

It’s Speaker-elect Nancy Pelosi’s next big call.

The incoming House Speaker already made a questionable move backing the losing candidate in the race for Majority Leader.

Will she stumble again by choosing a member with a checkered past to lead the House Intelligence Committee?

Speaker-to-be Nancy Pelosi, who stumbled badly last week when she publicly backed the failed candidacy of Rep. John Murtha for majority leader, could be headed for another political tumble if she presses ahead with long-standing plans to elevate Rep. Alcee Hastings, a senior Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, to the panel's chairmanship.

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