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Showing Original Post only (View all)Pelosi is not responsible for house democrats getting elected (or not) [View all]
Her role is to manage legislative agenda in her party. So as majority leaders she gathered the votes needs to pass Obama's agenda (ACA, Dodd-Frank, bailing out car industry, repeal DADT etc.) as minority leader her job will be to stop as far as possible Trump's agenda (like she stopped bush from privatizing SS)
If you want the heads of someone to roll the DNC head and the DCCC head are heads you should be aiming for. The DNC head is already being debated, here is info on the DCCC http://dccc.org/about/
Pelosi's head is not the head you are looking for.
i know i have said this before, but it seems that no one read it last time. being more hopeful about this time.
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Pelosi is not responsible for house democrats getting elected (or not) [View all]
La Lioness Priyanka
Dec 2016
OP
She has exactly zero role to play in the next two years--she's irrelevant as House Minority
geek tragedy
Dec 2016
#3
Agreed. For me, the big shock was that she held onto the leadership after 2010.
Midwestern Democrat
Dec 2016
#33
I don't hate her either. But she doesn't thrill me, either. We need more who can thrill.
randome
Dec 2016
#16
Unfair it is for both Clinton and Pelosi. But Clinton lost so obviously their tactics worked.
randome
Dec 2016
#17
I gave her the benefit of the doubt then. But it's clear we need new faces in the party.
randome
Dec 2016
#19
Ummm...strangely bizarre downplaying of Pelosi's power and influence over the caucus...
tritsofme
Dec 2016
#23
I was wrong, prior to today, the DCCC chair was a position handpicked by Pelosi.
tritsofme
Dec 2016
#28
I think she sees her role as more than managing legislation. She likes the perceived power.
Tatiana
Dec 2016
#24
Thanks, Lioness. It's really disheartening to find this level of ignorance here...
Hekate
Dec 2016
#30