Congressional Catfight: A Wild Card Spot
Some of you have complained that we overlooked some worthy candidates when selecting our eight competitors for Congressional Catfight. Of course, given that there were only eight slots in the tournament -- and hundreds of crazy, bitchy people in the House -- omissions were inevitable.
Here are the eight original Catfight competitors. Top row, left to right: Jo Ann Emerson (R-MO); Katherine Harris (R-FL); Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX); Virginia Foxx (R-NC). Bottom row, left to right: Cynthia McKinney (D-GA); Nancy Pelosi (D-CA); Barney Frank (D-MA); David Dreier (R-CA).
But we do feel badly about not being more inclusive. So here's what we're going to do. We're going to allow you to nominate representatives that you feel were unfairly omitted from the competition. Then we'll have a poll, and the nominee with the most votes will face the winner of Katherine Harris versus Nancy Pelosi.
You can make a nomination by adding a comment to this post or by emailing us (subject line: "Catfight Wild Card"). Please include the nominee's name and a brief explanation of why she belongs in the competition. Please note that the contest is limited to current members of the House of Representatives -- no past House members, no Senators, no staffers or spouses, etc.
We'll take a handful of your best nominees and have a reader poll in which you'll vote on who should take on the winner of Congressional Catfight: Harris vs. Pelosi. We look forward to your submissions. Thanks!
(For those of you who haven't been following the competition closely, the tournament history appears after the jump.)
Earlier: Prior Congressional Catfight coverage (scroll down)