Posted on 11/15/2009 10:02:45 AM PST by NormsRevenge
If there's one thing the recent health care vote proves, it's that Nancy Pelosi is the most focused House speaker since Tip O'Neill.
I'm not talking about the merits of the bill that emerged from the House - the debate on that subject is far from over. I'm talking about Pelosi's behind-the-scenes leadership to get the job done in such a way that at-risk Democrats can still win re-election.
The pundits portrayed the 220-215 tally and 39 Democratic no votes as signs of Pelosi's weakness. What they missed was that Pelosi got her majority while letting Democrats from conservative districts off the hook.
Nancy knows that the first thing on every Democratic House member's mind is getting re-elected. In turn, as speaker, her first and foremost job is to ensure they get re-elected.
She also knows that the most important vote they cast once they are re-elected will be to keep her as speaker.
And if that means letting them be a Republican now and then, so be it.
That's not weakness, that's politics.
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Heath Schuler should be target #1 to lose his seat.
Willie, I remember Tip O’Neill...and Willie, Nancy Pelosi is no Tip O’Neill.
She didn’t do much to protect ‘Cold Cash’ Jefferson.
Come on Willie, we know you are smarter than that. Maybe not.
--any "pundit" that doesn't know this is a dunce and anybody else that doesn't know it is wet behind the ears and probably doesn't know what a "whip" is in the legislative sense--
What Willy says is what the dems do with their conservative members all the time...If they get enough votes to pass something, those that could be in trouble voting for some liberal garbage are given a pass...Its the way politics is played...its the only way the dems can keep some of their districts...if their votes were really needed, then there would be lots of backstage bartering and possibly some con. demo. jumping ship for the vote..
“Nancy Pelosi is the most focused House speaker since Tip O’Neill.”
Almost as focused as Joe Stalin.
There you go! For those in the blue dog Dem district assume your congrescritter would have voted for socialism and anti-Constitutionlism but was protected by Pelosi.
It is time to vote all of them out!
More than she's done for us.
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