Pelosi Under Pressure to Resign Leadership

[anatta]

As Democrats point fingers in the wake of Jon Ossoff's loss in a Georgia special election on Tuesday, some of them are aimed at Nancy Pelosi, the party’s longtime House leader, who appeared in almost every GOP attack ad broadcast in the most expensive House race in history.

A number of Democrats are renewing their calls for Pelosi to step aside, demanding a change to the trio of septuagenarians that have been leading the House Democratic caucus for years.

As one of his first moves after declaring his candidacy against Rep. Mark Sanford (R-SC), Democrat Joe Cunningham tweeted,

"If elected, I will not vote for Nancy Pelosi for speaker. Time to move forward and win again.”

A handful of House Democrats made similar calls on Wednesday, with Rep. Kathleen Rice of Long Island, New York, telling CNN, "We need leadership change. It's time for Nancy Pelosi to go, and the entire leadership team.”

Rice, like others who spoke out, backed a failed challenge to Pelosi earlier this year from Rep. Tim Ryan (D-OH).

“We are heading into July, and I can’t believe I’m saying this, but our party still doesn’t have a clear economic message. Are you kidding me?” Ryan wrote on Medium, without mentioning Pelosi.

Last year, Ryan, a gum-chewing former football player from blue-collar Youngstown, gave the San Francisco-based Pelosi the most serious threat yet to her leadership post, but two-thirds of the caucus ended up rallying around Pelosi.

She is a prodigious Democratic fundraiser and consummate legislative tactician with loyal allies across the ideological spectrum of the party, and is in no real danger of loosing her leadership post, at least at the moment.

Pelosi has raised a massive $568 million for Democrats since she joined leadership in 2002, according to her office, and $142 million in the past election cycle alone.

At a closed-door meeting with colleagues, there were no challenges to the Democratic leadership or any obvious signs of dissent, according to a source in the room.

“Republicans will continue to run ads trying to demonize whoever is the Democratic Leader," said Drew Hamill, Pelosi’s spokesman. "Republicans ran national ads against Tip O’Neill in the 1980s. This isn’t new."

But for every Democratic official or operative publicly calling for new leadership, there are others who privately express the same sentiment.

"We're always reviewing that, believe me,” Rep. Bill Pascrell (D-NJ) said when asked if the caucus needed a change at the top.

“We need to have that discussion,” added Rep. Seth Moulton (D-MA), a rising star in the party.

While opponents can turn the leader of any party into a boogeyman, Pelosi and her San Francisco hometown have proven to be a uniquely potent GOP weapon in the purple-to-red battlegrounds Democrats need to win.

Republican Karen Handel, who defeated Ossoff, even ran an ad in Spanish attacking Pelosi, while an outside group aired another featuring San Franciscans thanking Ossoff for his campaign.

House Speaker Paul Ryan, for instance, doesn’t inspire nearly the same hostility, and he publicly campaigned for Handel before Tuesday’s election. It’s almost impossible to imagine Pelosi doing the same for Ossoff or any other Democrat in a similar Republican-dominated district.

The Congressional Leadership Fund, a Ryan-aligned GOP super PAC that spent heavily in Georgia, said its polling showed Pelosi to be one of the most effective attack messages in the race as they tried to undercut Ossoff's portrayal of himself as a noncontroversial moderate.
http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/cong...a-loss-n775301

[anatta]

But for every Democratic official or operative publicly calling for new leadership, there are others who privately express the same sentiment.

I met her many years ago when she was just the daughter of the mayor of Baltimore- Nancy D'Alesandro.
She was a spoiled rich kid back then too.

Personally I hope she stays. she is a great rallying figure for Repubs

[Irish]

Having a San Francisco liberal as your leader. Who would have thought that doesn't play well in georgia and the rest of the country?

[Cancel 2020.1]

I met her many years ago when she was just the daughter of the mayor of Baltimore- Nancy D'Alesandro.
She was a spoiled rich kid back then too.

Personally I hope she stays. she is a great rallying figure for Repubs

I usually prefer a strong opposition party, with intelligent leadership. One of the many reasons I can't stand that Trump now leads the GOP.

[anatta]

I usually prefer a strong opposition party, with intelligent leadership. One of the many reasons I can't stand that Trump now leads the GOP.

curious as to what that means in regards to Pelosi?

[tsuke]

whether pelosi is the leader or not dems arent going to pursue different policies.

[tsuke]

I usually prefer a strong opposition party, with intelligent leadership. One of the many reasons I can't stand that Trump now leads the GOP.

Trump is awesum k?

[leaningright]

Trump is awesum k?

I DON'T SEE A POSSUM!

[Micawber]

Personally I hope she stays. she is a great rallying figure for Repubs

That's pretty much the Republican playbook. Create a monster then hate it. It's all just a figleaf for low taxes for the rich, drug war hypocrisy, cutting help for the poor. That's your agenda. Then label that shit "great America"

Go to hell.

[Micawber]

Having a San Francisco liberal as your leader. Who would have thought that doesn't play well in georgia and the rest of the country?

Maybe they will catch on. I think many are. As goes California..,,

[Minister of Truth]

Fight the power, Nancy!

#Resistance

[cawacko]

Pelosi is my neighbor. We live on the same street. As a republican I hope she continues to maintain her power. You go girl!

[tsuke]

Fight the power, Nancy!

#Resistance

nevertheless she persisted. #imwithher

[Stretch]

"Pelosi has raised a massive $568 million for Democrats since she joined leadership in 2002, according to her office, and $142 million in the past election cycle alone."


^^^That right there tells me they're still clueless regarding what it takes to win elections these days.
All the bucks Hillary raised=loss.
All the bucks raised recently for their candidates=loss.......... 5 as a matter of fact. LOL

[Micawber]

Pelosi is my neighbor. We live on the same street. As a republican I hope she continues to maintain her power. You go girl!

She really has no broad effect. I hope you clean up after your labradoodle after it shits on her lawn.

No pun intended