Dem Congressman: "Pelosi and Reid Have Failed"

Heath Shuler, former football star, was one of those conservative Democrats that won election in 2006. He voted against the Porkulus Bill in the House (one of the few Dems to do so), and went even further today to ensure himself an office in a basement coat closet:

Rep. Heath Shuler (D-N.C) has further ingratiated himself with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi — not — by declaring that Pelosi and Harry Reid "failed" the bipartisanship test on stimulus.

"In order for us to get the confidence of America, it has to be done in a bipartisan way," Shuler said in Raleigh following an economic forum, according to the AP.

"We have to have everyone — Democrats and Republicans standing on the stage with the administration — saying, 'We got something done that was efficient, stimulative and timely.'"

Here's the kicker: "I truly feel that's where maybe House leadership and Senate leadership have really failed."

Shuler, rumored to be mulling a '10 Senate run, was one of 11 House Democrats to vote "no" on the stimulus and was already deep in Pelosi's doghouse. Now he'll have to build a Harry Reid wing.

There are still a few sane Democrats left. Not many, but a few.

UPDATE: Harry Reid's office responds:

Let me get this straight - this is coming from a guy who threw more than twice as many interceptions than touchdowns?

Dem fight! Dem fight!