Posted on 11/06/2014 7:22:00 PM PST by lbryce
Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Thursday provided a straightforward postmortem on the sweeping defeat her party suffered at the polls two days before: Democrats didn't win, she said, because Democrats didn't vote.
In a 75-minute call with the members of her caucus, the minority leader acknowledged the Democrats' "terrible year" but argued that low voter participation not the party's message was the root of the problem.
She's vowing an all-out push to get more voters of all political persuasions to the polls in the future, and called this effort part of Congress's "moral responsibility." "Next year has to be the year to expand the universe of people who vote. I'm concerned that eligible voters did not vote in the election this year," Pelosi told her troops, according to a source on the call.
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They didn’t get out the base.
Love to hear the Democrats make excuses instead of taking a hard look at why they lost.
They’ll do the same thing after their next shellacking.
“She’s vowing an all-out push to get more voters of all political persuasions to the polls in the future, and called this effort part of Congress’s “moral responsibility.”
She doesn’t even know what “moral” is.
No, that's already being done. How about....
No, that's already being done. How about....
In my state of Colorado - the House map is a sea of unbroken Red.
The only blotch of Blue is in the Boulder northern Denver suburbs.
That’s how bad it is. The Democrats don’t represent my state - especially rural flyover country.
Proud to have Doug Lamborn as my US Representative in the US Fifth District here.
Well Nancy, the reason “O” needs 4 million voters is because your dem voters are so dumbed down, they don’t know they’re supposed to vote for all your stupid stuff.
You and your unions dumbed them down .. and now you’re unhappy they don’t like your garbage ..??
Here’s what I think, Nance. They didn’t vote because they were too busy posting selfies and talking about feeeeelings s on Facebook to give a flying you-know-what about you. The self-absorbtion trend will most likely continue, possibly leaving elections to those who actually think
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All to the good.
Sorry, Nancy, the dimocrats lost because they aborted their future voters.
Consequences can be bitter, no?
I think this is great news. I want Dingy Harry and Pelosi in control of the dems for the next 2 years. Debbi Washerman Shultz as well. They are a gift to the Republicans.
Guess we both have our disappointing members.
Look at the map.
House Democrats are clinging to slivers of coast, a few big cities and some heavily minority inland counties.
Its devastating. But I doubt Pelosi has cared to see it.
Democrats didn’t vote because they don’t like Obama, Nancy.
They finally figured out what Republicans knew all along.
They've already got their Obama-Phones, bottomless EBT cards and free ObamaCare.
What do they need Obama, Pelosi or Reid for?
Pelosi and Reid have all the popularity of ebola.
Exactly! Don’t those come with fine print?
Importing them by the millions as we speak.
If Boner and McConman want to slit their wrists, I’m sure the Democrats will be happy to help them do it.
The Communists don't.
There's some degree of truth in the Contention that Dems lost because their traditional voters didn't turn out...and all those new voters from 2008 and 2012 didn't either.
But the Dems know how to stir the passions of their base in POTUS years and they should not be underestimated.
Ever.
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