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Pelosi on Midterms: Crises Like ISIS, Ebola Distracted Voters from Our Message
Mediaite ^ | November 12, 2014 | Josh Feldman

Posted on 11/12/2014 12:39:41 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet

Nancy Pelosi does not believe the midterm results were a Republican wave; she says they were more of a Democratic ebb. And in a new interview, the House Minority Leader says that it didn’t help that voters were distracted during the final leg of the campaign by various international crises.

In an interview with Politico out today, Pelosi continued to insist there was “no wave of approval for the Republicans” and even admitted that Democrats need to do a better job mobilizing voter turnout on their side the next time around.

But when pressed on whether the Democrats lost because of a “failure of politics,” Pelosi completely dismissed that idea:

“I don’t think it was a failure of his message; it was the extent of his success. Let’s say it in a more positive way. This president has accomplished many great things. You know there is always an October eclipse. We couldn’t catch a break.”

Pelosi here is referring to international crises like the fight against ISIS and the brief moment of U.S. panic over Ebola that, she believes, distracted from the Democrats’ economic message.

You can read the full Politico interview here.


TOPICS: Issues; Parties; U.S. Congress; U.S. Senate
KEYWORDS: 2014midterms; democrats; ebola; isis; pelosi
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1 posted on 11/12/2014 12:39:41 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Right...Dems stayed home because they were distracted and just couldn’t get beyond it. They were paralyzed...fearful that Kaci would come to their town...so they cowered...blah, blah, blah....


2 posted on 11/12/2014 12:41:47 PM PST by Sacajaweau
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Haven't posted this one for a while:


3 posted on 11/12/2014 12:41:51 PM PST by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

“Some actual disasters caused by our incompetent, irresponsible real-world performance distracted the voters from our phony-baloney message.”


4 posted on 11/12/2014 12:42:07 PM PST by Steely Tom (Thank you for self-censoring.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

She knows she’s talking to the LIVs. And the media will have them believe anything she spews.


5 posted on 11/12/2014 12:42:31 PM PST by TangoLimaSierra (To win the country back, we need to be as mean as the libs say we are.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

As if we need more evidence the women is completely delusional.


6 posted on 11/12/2014 12:42:51 PM PST by GrandJediMasterYoda (Not all Muslims are terrorists but all Muslims are potential terrorists.)
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To: Cicero

I bet she still uses big sanitary napkins with all the funny straps and clips


7 posted on 11/12/2014 12:44:04 PM PST by al baby (Hi MomÂ…)
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To: Steely Tom

Harumph, harumph, harumph...


8 posted on 11/12/2014 12:44:22 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet (The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Because, you know, the voters are stupid.


9 posted on 11/12/2014 12:44:55 PM PST by Hugin ("Do yourself a favor--first thing, get a firearm!",)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Sn Fran Nan: Queen of De Nile.


10 posted on 11/12/2014 12:45:00 PM PST by Autonomous User (No 18 Holes after a Head Rolls.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

re: “Nancy Pelosi does not believe the midterm results were a Republican wave; she says they were more of a Democratic ebb”

Isn’t that kind of like saying “it wasn’t a tsunami that hit us, there just wasn’t enough beach.”


11 posted on 11/12/2014 12:45:16 PM PST by rusty schucklefurd
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
sorry, Nancy


12 posted on 11/12/2014 12:46:32 PM PST by JPG (Obama said, "then...go out there and win an election." We did!)
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To: Cicero

You asked for it.

13 posted on 11/12/2014 12:47:12 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet (The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

No point in listening to, or trying to understand the Democrats as they are in full recovery mode. They are saying, and will say anything to try to get the “stupid American public” to fall for their Marxist BS again. They have to have power, and will do anything to regain the power to accomplish their Marxist goals by having it, and I mean lie, lie, lie, and lie.

Too many people think Democrats actually want good things for this country. They want power, and you to not have any say over their power.


14 posted on 11/12/2014 12:47:17 PM PST by rockinqsranch ((Dems, Libs, Socialists, call 'em what you will. They ALL have fairies livin' in their trees.))
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To: rusty schucklefurd

A living embodiment of all that defines the concept of the “airhead.”


15 posted on 11/12/2014 12:47:49 PM PST by Ohioan
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To: Ohioan

re: “A living embodiment of all that defines the concept of the “airhead.”

Maybe someone could post her picture on Wikipedia at the word , “airhead”. Might stay on for a few minutes.


16 posted on 11/12/2014 12:50:48 PM PST by rusty schucklefurd
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Screeching witch.
Total waste of precious oxygen.


17 posted on 11/12/2014 12:52:14 PM PST by onyx (Please Support Free Republic - Donate Monthly! If you want on Sarah Palin's Ping List, Let Me know!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
We got your message, Nasty.

We always get your message.

18 posted on 11/12/2014 12:52:35 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (Any energy source that requires a subsidy is, by definition, "unsustainable.")
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

When I was 10 I’d get in trouble for concocting such obvious lies.


19 posted on 11/12/2014 12:54:21 PM PST by G Larry (Amnesty imposes SLAVE WAGES on LEGAL immigrants & minorities)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

LOL. She sounds like Harold Macmillan. What drove the Democrats off course? “Events, my dear boy, events.”


20 posted on 11/12/2014 12:56:49 PM PST by Opinionated Blowhard ("When the people find they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.")
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