Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi says she has the votes to become the next House speaker
Source: Washington Post
An unbowed House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) insisted Thursday that she has the votes to become the chambers speaker despite solid opposition from more than a dozen Democrats who want fresh leadership when the party takes control of the chamber next year.
I have overwhelming support in my caucus to be speaker of the House, Pelosi told reporters. I happen to think at this point, Im the best person for that.
A vote in the Democratic caucus is scheduled for Nov. 28. The full will House vote Jan. 3 to elect a new speaker.
During her remarks, Pelosi touted the size of the Democratic victory in the midterm election, which she called almost a tsunami. With a few races still to be decided, Democrats are poised to pick up close to 40 seats in the chamber.
She called that the biggest victory for the Democrats since 1974, when the Watergate babies came in.
Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/democratic-leader-nancy-pelosi-says-she-has-the-votes-to-become-the-next-house-speaker/2018/11/15/2262e334-e8c7-11e8-b8dc-66cca409c180_story.html?utm_term=.24d706de2bec
lilactime
(657 posts)DownriverDem
(6,232 posts)The next 2 years are going to be pure hell with trump and the repubs. She will give trump hell. She knows how it works. I can't believe newbies think they would be up to the task.
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skylucy
(3,743 posts)groundloop
(11,523 posts)I've heard several people mention the possibility of Speaker Pelosi stepping aside in a couple of years after grooming someone new for the position.... that wouldn't be a bad option. In any case Pelosi has the knowledge and experience to get things done.
DownriverDem
(6,232 posts)Just the fact that these newbies thought they were going to take over is insane. I saw where the 5 white guys pushing to unseat Nancy have less progressive votes than Nancy. We need to focus on our agenda and sticking it to the repubs.
AllyCat
(16,233 posts)When Pelosi is sworn in as POTUS.
sprinkleeninow
(20,267 posts)Freethinker65
(10,061 posts)When SHE is ready and the time is right, SHE will choose to pass the baton to someone else.
cyclonefence
(4,483 posts)as Speaker of the House, please add:
her very existence pisses off Republicans like nothing else
flibbitygiblets
(7,220 posts)We would not have the ACA without her. "Obamacare" could easily have been called "Pelosi-care" because SHE made that happen.
Any Dem speaker that the R's are happy about is cause for concern. They are NOT happy about her, and for very good reason.
SFnomad
(3,473 posts)It's just like the "oh God no" chorus when it's brought up that Clinton might run again ... "oh God no", because she is hated so much. It's like, do you really think that Republicans will do group hugs with anyone the Democrats nominate?
(side note, I really don't think Clinton will run again, she would have been out there campaigning a lot more in the 2018 election if she were. I don't want to derail this into another Clinton hatefest)
CatWoman
(79,302 posts)Nancy
ProfessorGAC
(65,213 posts)The last two years weren't because Nancy let things happen for "it" while the speaker/leader of the opposition. She was NOT the speaker of the house.
The dems were in the minority. How anybody could logically blame what happened on Pelosi is mind boggling.
DownriverDem
(6,232 posts)I'm beginning to wonder about these newbies.
George II
(67,782 posts)CatMor
(6,212 posts)ck4829
(35,093 posts)sandensea
(21,674 posts)Why would Democrats even consider ditching her.
Because our Rethug friends don't like her!?
SunSeeker
(51,728 posts)iluvtennis
(19,876 posts)lark
(23,158 posts)We need Nancy and shame on those with no experience wanting her out because she's an elderly woman. She kicks ass and they are not helping our side win.
Go, Nancy, go!!
joanbarnes
(1,723 posts)burrowowl
(17,653 posts)brooklynite
(94,745 posts)1. Trump won't be Impeached and Convicted
2. If he did, Pence wouldn't be simultaneously Impeached and Convicted
ProudProgressiveNow
(6,129 posts)AlexSFCA
(6,139 posts)cause she is super effective.
AllyCat
(16,233 posts)Pope George Ringo II
(1,896 posts)I'd be open to the idea of somebody better, but I haven't found a source who has actually been able to name somebody who is genuinely better. Failing that, let's get this behind us and get to work.
(Admittedly, Obama and Hillary would have provoked hilarious GOP responses, but at some point we've got to be serious, and that means Speaker Pelosi.)
sprinkleeninow
(20,267 posts)ellie
(6,929 posts)GO NANCY!
marble falls
(57,275 posts)actually has good solid experience that will be helpful as we keep cheetolini under control until the 2020 race.
Scurrilous
(38,687 posts)DeminPennswoods
(15,290 posts)is the one that wants Pelosi out because she's an effective leader. I seriously doubt many, if any, voters for the rebels voted for them because the candidate said they didn't support Pelosi.
Cha
(297,733 posts)flying-skeleton
(698 posts)Doitnow
(1,103 posts)Cha
(297,733 posts)oasis
(49,410 posts)Dark n Stormy Knight
(9,771 posts)Very good article on the subject:
[https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2018/04/the-nancy-pelosi-problem/554048/|
dalton99a
(81,599 posts)Plain and simple
libdem4life
(13,877 posts)in as Committee Chairs speaks to her commitment to train her replacement...love to see Beto O'Rourke...and to help shift the party a bit to the left. I'd guess AOC stands to reap one of them, maybe this choice?
And as has been pointed out up thread...the Republicans hate her with a white hot hate...maybe even more than HRC. Sweet.