Posted on 01/26/2015 5:25:26 AM PST by smoothsailing
Nancy Pelosi has big problems in her ranks.
The California lawmaker is facing some of the most serious unrest she’s ever seen in her dozen years as the leader of the House Democrats: Members complain that the party has no message and no clear plan to retake the majority, despite good news on the economy that should have brought rewards at the polls. They also accuse senior lawmakers of failing to pull their weight in dues as they occupy coveted committee slots.
Pelosi remains the pre-eminent force in her caucus, and nobody is stepping up to challenge her. But the heightened criticism comes at a time when she has few cards to play to win members’ loyalty, thanks to big losses in November that shrank the number of Democratic seats on highly sought-after committees.
The discontent will be at the forefront of the House Democratic Caucus’ three-day retreat this week in Philadelphia. Based on public and private conversations with more than a dozen Democratic lawmakers, the complaints range from the way the party fills top committee slots to its seeming inability to craft an economic message that appealed to voters
“What crystallizes the frustration and concern you see in the Democratic Caucus is the disconnect between the economic numbers and … the electoral numbers we’ve suffered these last six years or so,” Connecticut Rep. Jim Himes said. “So that provokes a lot of soul-searching. Do people not know what is happening in the economy? Do they not believe us that we have something to do with the recovery?”
Virginia Rep. Gerry Connolly said Democrats are hungry for answers. “I think there’s a growing desire within the Democratic Caucus, at least from Democrats that I talk to, to try to get to a fundamental understanding of what went wrong, not only in this midterm but in the previous midterm, if we’re going to grow and we’re going to avoid becoming a permanent minority here in the House,” he said.
Another Democrat, speaking on background, questioned the brand of economic populism the party has been preaching.
“For me, my evangelical mission is to try to persuade Democrats that we have to pay more attention to the suburbs,” the Democrat said. “And the economic message for the suburbs has to be broader than unemployment insurance and minimum wage, although both are important. They don’t resonate in the suburbs.”...
Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2015/01/house-democrats-congress-114580.html#ixzz3PvtBTxMM
There is no recovery, you idiot. Obama's smoke and mirror act isn't working, and the productive voters that want to actually work for a living, buy a house and car, and send their kids to a decent school realize that.
The only place where there has been any significant recovery is Texas (and North Dakota), and the rest of the country looks good only by averaging their results with Texas.
I think they should keep her around, even if they have to pickle her. :)
The words, “Pelousey” and “grope” should never EVER be
used in the same sentence...
ICK!
LOL, she probably still is! I can picture Boehner’s staff saying; “Come on Nancy, give us the gavel, you know you don’t belong in here.”
Dems want MORE money for 'job training' - that's code for South Side of Chicago and all of Detroit. Not exactly the 'middle class'...
“no clear strategy to retake the majority”
Their strategy is to import new Democrat voters. It’s a never-ending process, since they have to replace the older ones after they get fed up.
They want a standing ovation from the liberals, why else?
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