American Thinker:
Fresh after stamping out the first brushfire against her leadership, from far-leftists – and no doubt watching in horror as President Trump, in a masterful Eddie Haskell manner of trolling, endorsed her, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi has a brand new challenge from her fractious fellow Democrats for leadership of her party.
Let’s excursion over to the rabid left’s ThinkProgress news site and see what’s cooking:
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) has even more moderate Democrats to worry about in her bid to become Speaker of the House for the second time.
16 Democratic colleagues, later reduced to 15 when Rep. Brian Higgins (NY) changed course, signed a letter opposing the California congresswoman earlier this week.
Now another group of moderate Democrats is threatening to upend Pelosi’s House Speaker bid. And they’re working with Republicans to do it.
Horrors! They’re working with Republicans! What could be more damning.
The story goes on to name a bunch of blue-dog moderate Democrats, such as the Central Valley’s Jim Acosta, and something called the “House Problem Solvers Caucus” as mounting a new opposition to Pelosi’s leadership bid. Apparently, they’re guys who don’t intend to follow Pelosi off the far side. They ran as moderates and got elected as moderates, and in their idealism, they think they can keep their promises. Poor idealistic fools, but let’s put that aside.
What makes it schadenfreudishly interesting is that it comes just after Nancy Pelosi put down an earlier brushfire from the Bernie Sanders left. She bought them all off easily and cheaply, offering leadership challenger Rep. Marsha Fudge some electoral commission position, and newbie (and dumbie) Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez something or other which has gotten her now marching in lockstep for Pelosi’s leadership fresh after telling her voters she had no such intentions. These were the roundheels from among the Democrats.
Now she’s got the moderates to fight and they aren’t going to be so easy given that they’ve got Republicans they can work with. They’re mounting their own challenge and Pelosi’s camp is clearly alarmed. more
Not happening.
Pelosi will buy-off the holdout 15 Democrat Representatives, they’re just negotiating the price.
Ideology is not a consideration in the bargaining, it’s all about control, power and money.
Lots of popcorn ready for my microwave.
The democrats successes have been due to keeping members and the press in lockstep, (while republicans don’t bother to look up from the sandbox). With the newer members, most dumb enough to actually believe socialism works, it will be interesting to see if this falls apart.
Pelousi has gone full-tilt buy-out. she’s buying loyalty like a monarch buys off minor kingdoms & enemies. though, I gotta admit she’s probably srewd enought to know that this is her last go-’round, so she’s promising every last note in the bank, even imaginary notes to these charlatins. history proves these alliances never last
can you imagine these mentally deficient freaks actually attaining power? … I’m talking real, imperial power … the kind that creates lasting civilizations
… yeah, … me neither
they’re not making anything that will last … as long as we hold they are doomed
If Pelosi takes Speakership again we MUST make a bigger deal out of her profligate use of military jets for her (and her extended family’s) commutes back to San Francisco.
Attention Please, Attention Please: Is there a Veterinarian on the internet?
We have a donkey that’s been very ill for some time. We think it got into some loco weed in the area, and now needs to be humanly dispatched.
thank you
I swear it will be done.
Everyone is opposed until their pockets are lined.
This is politics don’t forget…
Just demonstrating how democRATs get it done…
“Central Valley’s Jim Acosta”
There’s a Representative Jim Acosta in the House???