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In reply to the discussion: Pelosi rejects Manchin's call for a 'pause,' shows little willingness to pare back $3.5 trillion bil [View all]Hekate
(90,674 posts)It kind of blew me away. It was not just that she had become a powerhouse in Dem politics up and down the state of California while raising 5 kids, yet had to be persuaded to run for Congress on her own behalf.
Her childhood schooling at her fathers knee in Baltimore in how to do politics was from the ground up and very thorough. Mayor Daddy did patronage, apparently in a benevolent fashion, and little Nancy kept records on yellow legal pads. For instance, someone would come to him asking for help getting thru the permitting maze so they or their cousin could open a gas station on such and such a street corner, and if he could he would help. Young Nancys job was to keep track of their names and other particulars. When it was time for the next election, these people would be contacted to phone bank or knock on doors, whatever to get him re-elected.
Talk about learning the family business.