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Bully Pulpit

The term "bully pulpit" stems from President Theodore Roosevelt's reference to the White House as a "bully pulpit," meaning a terrific platform from which to persuasively advocate an agenda. Roosevelt often used the word "bully" as an adjective meaning superb/wonderful. The Bully Pulpit features news, reasoned discourse, opinion and some humor.

Thursday, December 14, 2006

Race is on to replace Black

Several Democrats appear interested in being next speaker

By James Romoser
Winston-Salem Journal

RALEIGH

Rep. Jim Black's decision not to run for a fifth term as speaker of the N.C. House adds tumult to what was already an unpredictable race for one of the most powerful positions in state government.

With the ability to make committee appointments, to funnel campaign contributions around the state, and to decide which bills live and which die, the next speaker of the House, whoever it is, will guide the direction of the 2007 session of the General Assembly.

The speaker is chosen every two years by a vote of the 120 House members, and the personal and political wrangling it takes to get a majority is the stuff of political insiders. But the outcome affects every North Carolinian.

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