Hackney is speaker nominee
Submitted by kmr on Wed, 01/10/2007 - 10:19pm
Joe Hackney, a Chapel Hill attorney who grew up near Silk Hope in Chatham County, was nominated for Speaker by House Democrats in a meeting at the legislature.
"We stand here united and ready to go to work," Hackney said after being elected on the fourth ballot.
Hugh Holliman of Lexington was named to Hackney's old post of Majority Leader and William Wainwright of Havelock, co-chair of the House Finance Committee was named Speaker Pro Tem.
In his position as Majority Leader Hackney often delivered the summary for Democrats in floor debates. Here's his speech at the end of the debate on the budget last year.
Via N&O,
RALEIGH - Democratic members of the state House nominated Rep. Joe Hackney of Orange County tonight to be the next House speaker.
If elected by the full House when it convenes Jan. 24, Hackney would serve a two-year term as speaker. One of the most powerful people in state government, the speaker chooses chairmen for House committees, referees disputes among House members and leads negotiations with the Senate and with Gov. Mike Easley.
Will build this post as things roll in.
Fuller story, but nothing new yet, on the Char-O site.
AP:
Hackney, 61, a lawyer, joined the General Assembly in 1981 and often has been viewed as the chief spokesman for the party's liberal wing, pushing for a moratorium on the death penalty and public financing of political campaigns.
But Hackey has said his past four years leading Democrats as the party's leader show he can govern from the middle and push a centrist agenda focusing on education, health care and economic incentives.
Kirk
Kirk, you can keep it rolling as I can't stay with the post.
Now, which Joe Hackney will show up.
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thanks greg
Wasn't sure if we'd all be jumping on this.
thanks
some good news to match the president's verbal diahrea.
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Fantastic news.
What Blue South said. After wading through the Preznit's delusions, what a refreshing piece of news!
Yay JOE!
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He committed to a 2 year term
That's what cinched it, no doubt.
But two years is better than no years . . . and it'll give everyone time to get comfortable with a change of the model. Black may very well be the last of the Never-Ending Speakers. Thank god.
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Wish it was a trend
Good on Joe.
I've been thinking recently about the logic of the old one-term limit for NC governors. With the way money is, people start running as soon as they're elected and everything becomes a part of the political calculation.
Knowing you've got a short time to get your licks in is an inspiration.
Joe Hackney background
Here's the Google Search link for Joe Hackney that returns links to his own site, his Legislative site and other biographical information including our own BlueNC tag.
I feel bad about giving Joe a hard time earlier this year
I couldn't understand why he wasn't raising holy hell about the transgressions of Jim Black . . . and I couldn't understand why the whole darn House seemed oblivious to the albatross hanging around their necks.
It's clear Mr. Hackney knows a heck of a lot more about getting things done in Raleigh than I ever will.
I'm sorry Joe. I misunderestimated you.
Congratulations on pulling this off! I'm really glad you won.
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You misunderestimated him
and you didn't understand his strategerizing
Robin Hayes lied. Nobody died, but thousands of folks lost their jobs.
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Wonder if he'll be as accessible now?
And will he continue to lurk at BlueNC? :)
YAY Joe!
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I'm just glad there doesn't seem to be
any underlying animosity coming from other quarters. Nothing in the press yet, and you know that would be the first thing they'd report. I know it isn't final, but it feels good to be out from under the Black cloud.
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hope you're right
I wasn't following the race all that closely -- admittedly -- but I figured Blue would win. NAACP-NC President Rev. Barber (of whom I'm a big fan) wrote an Open Letter to all the legislators a while back, saying it was time for African Americans to be elected to leadership positions. I wonder what the NAACP and the black caucus are feeling right now.
Feel like you're spinning your wheels?
Get some Traction... turning energy into progressive movement
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The two years thing could be a hint. Remember that Blue has been speaker before. I would love to see Hackney for two years then everyone else for either 2 or 4. Maybe some of the other african american members could step in, followed at some point by deborah ross, who isnt black, but represents a district that has a large african american population, and I think would be the first female speaker.
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I'm sure there were a lot of letters and phone calls
coming from different quarters. I don't follow any of this well enough to really know, but I don't get the feeling that choosing Hackney is a slight to Blue.
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audio
Got a speech from last year loading up now.
Puppet pipes up
Stagemanager Hood weighs in with nothing of value to say. His back-handed compliment to Joe is predictably obnoxious, but more to the point, he mostly tries to contaminate Hackney's success by linking him to Jim Black.
I wonder if anyone besides me reads the stuff Hood puts out on the Carolina Journal?
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Interesting, the Hood claims to have friends
although I doubt any good dem would be in the same room as this sorry excuse for a human being, he claims some are, in fact, dems....yeah right.
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Congratulations Representative Hackney
As I've mentioned in earlier posts, I was skeptical about whether or not Representative Hackney could garner enough votes from the Democratic caucus to win the speakership. While I might have supported another candidate if I'd had a vote, I view Hackney's nomination by the caucus as a positive step in the right direction for House Democrats.
I wonder whether or not the death penalty moratorium will now get an up or down vote on the floor of the House.
Paper is reporting today
that one of Black's last actions has been to nominate 4 more people to fill out the study commission so their work can be completed. While I'm still not a fan of study commissions, I bet that was expedited with a nudge from Hackney telling old Jim to hurry up so their work can be finished.
Hmmmm.....and Hackney reads BlueNC, hmmmm. :)
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Are you sure?
I don't know that Hackney spends time here, but he should . . .
:)
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Hey...I'm just helping spread rumors
:)
I thought I read Mo, say it. I'm just glad everyone seems so happy with him. I really was nervous about the whole thing and I feel better seeing the positive reactions of so many people at this site.
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He said he "lurks here often"
His words to me when I called his office. His secretary went to get him, I expected a "Rep. Hackney is busy at this time, may I take a message?", instead got a "Hello, this is Joe Hackney"!
No matter that patriotism is too often the refuge of scoundrels. Dissent, rebellion, and all-around hell-raising remain the true duty of patriots.
It's amazing how much power that
"I'm a member of the BlueNC community" has....
No matter that patriotism is too often the refuge of scoundrels. Dissent, rebellion, and all-around hell-raising remain the true duty of patriots.
Speaker votes
NC Spin added some insight to the selection of Joe Hackney last night. I'll spare you the "spin" but here are the supposed results of the various rounds of voting:
OK, just a little bit of the "spin":
I love that inner circle
I've never found anything reliably "spun" by NC Spin, but I hope they're right on this one.
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wow
Strong, progressive, intelligent describes his whole leadership.
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I don't know any of these folks
so can't say anything good or bad.
They mess up, I'm pickin' on 'em, though. ;-)
Robin Hayes lied. Nobody died, but thousands of folks lost their jobs.
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well
Rep Insko has been huge in getting issues like minimum wage passed (if i remember right). Rep Weiss is very progressive. She has young kids, and has been a strong voice on issues such as education. Rep Luebke I dont know a heck of a lot about. Rep Ross is the former head of the state ACLU. She supports increased ballot access for third parties (or has in the past). She is an incredible woman who I am very very proud to say has represented my mother and I the entire time she has been in office.
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Insko
Is one of my favorite NC politicians I can't vote for (because she doesn't represent my district.) I believe she's exactly the kind of person we need in government, making decisions that affect our daily lives and our future. Her stance on health care is merely part of why I feel this way.
I'm glad to see that she will be a big voice in the speaker's ear this session.
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Pick away
I'd say all 4 are Progressive with a capital "P". What surprised me was the strenght of Crawford's challenge and the dilution of Blue and Saunders' votes. There's something in there to watch for.
I think Saunders was just way too close to
Jim Black. I also think, that he simply represented the old school and maybe so did Blue, simply because Saunders is similar in views to Black and Blue had already sat in the speaker's chair. If the voters wanted a change toward more transparency and a new way of doing things, our reps decided to deliver. Yay for them. We had simply better prepare ourselves for a flood of whining from JLF.
Robin Hayes lied. Nobody died, but thousands of folks lost their jobs.
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