Will Nancy Pelosi drown in the "blue wave"?

[toomuchtime_]

'Never Nancy': Democrats ramp up efforts to sideline Pelosi, without offering an alternative

A band of House Democrats determined to oppose House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi's speaker bid are planning to release a signed letter as soon as this week indicating that they have gathered enough support to deny her the 218 votes needed to win the gavel on the House floor in January, a move they say would complicate her path to a second term as speaker and force renewed discussion about her stepping aside.

"This is a simple letter saying we want new leadership, which is what a vast majority of Democrats and the American people want," Rep. Seth Moulton, D-Mass., a member of the group, told reporters Tuesday.

Pelosi, who has said she's "100 percent confident" that she will be the next House speaker, has been working since last week on her bid, meeting and talking with new members and incumbent Democrats, to shore up support.

Democrats ramp up efforts to sideline Nancy Pelosi, without an alternative

The entire House votes for Speaker, and if we assume all Republicans will vote against her, it will only take a couple of dozen Democrats to sink her ship.

 

[petro]

How dare a bunch of freshmen try to dictate to the supreme Pelosi how it's time for a change.
It will be interesting to see how senior democratic congresscritters react to this uprising.

 

[Crixus]

'Never Nancy': Democrats ramp up efforts to sideline Pelosi, without offering an alternative

A band of House Democrats determined to oppose House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi's speaker bid are planning to release a signed letter as soon as this week indicating that they have gathered enough support to deny her the 218 votes needed to win the gavel on the House floor in January, a move they say would complicate her path to a second term as speaker and force renewed discussion about her stepping aside.

"This is a simple letter saying we want new leadership, which is what a vast majority of Democrats and the American people want," Rep. Seth Moulton, D-Mass., a member of the group, told reporters Tuesday.

Pelosi, who has said she's "100 percent confident" that she will be the next House speaker, has been working since last week on her bid, meeting and talking with new members and incumbent Democrats, to shore up support.

Democrats ramp up efforts to sideline Nancy Pelosi, without an alternative

The entire House votes for Speaker, and if we assume all Republicans will vote against her, it will only take a couple of dozen Democrats to sink her ship.

Already is. Then they will scramble to shit the other more rabid wingnuts that got elected.

 

[toomuchtime_]

How dare a bunch of freshmen try to dictate to the supreme Pelosi how it's time for a change.
It will be interesting to see how senior democratic congresscritters react to this uprising.

Nancy will need 218 votes to become Speaker, and so far the Democrats have only 228 seats, so if 11 Democrats vote against her, she loses if we assume all Republicans will vote against her.

 

[miketx]

How dare a bunch of freshmen try to dictate to the supreme Pelosi how it's time for a change.
It will be interesting to see how senior democratic congresscritters react to this uprising.

Nancy will need 218 votes to become Speaker, and so far the Democrats have only 228 seats, so if 11 Democrats vote against her, she loses if we assume all Republicans will vote against her.

All the R's should vote for her.

 

[toomuchtime_]

How dare a bunch of freshmen try to dictate to the supreme Pelosi how it's time for a change.
It will be interesting to see how senior democratic congresscritters react to this uprising.

Nancy will need 218 votes to become Speaker, and so far the Democrats have only 228 seats, so if 11 Democrats vote against her, she loses if we assume all Republicans will vote against her.

All the R's should vote for her.

She is probably the most capable person in the Democratic Party so with an eye to the next election all the R's should vote against her.

 

[B. Kidd]

Pelosi is taking newbies names and will punish them later after she gets the leadership.
This shit is so predictable.

 

[Claudette]

'Never Nancy': Democrats ramp up efforts to sideline Pelosi, without offering an alternative

A band of House Democrats determined to oppose House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi's speaker bid are planning to release a signed letter as soon as this week indicating that they have gathered enough support to deny her the 218 votes needed to win the gavel on the House floor in January, a move they say would complicate her path to a second term as speaker and force renewed discussion about her stepping aside.

"This is a simple letter saying we want new leadership, which is what a vast majority of Democrats and the American people want," Rep. Seth Moulton, D-Mass., a member of the group, told reporters Tuesday.

Pelosi, who has said she's "100 percent confident" that she will be the next House speaker, has been working since last week on her bid, meeting and talking with new members and incumbent Democrats, to shore up support.

Democrats ramp up efforts to sideline Nancy Pelosi, without an alternative

The entire House votes for Speaker, and if we assume all Republicans will vote against her, it will only take a couple of dozen Democrats to sink her ship.

Oh come on.

There must be one Dem in the House who can take over the speakership??

They have over 200 there must be someone better than Pelosi to take over the speakership.

 

[toomuchtime_]

Pelosi is taking newbies names and will punish them later after she gets the leadership.
This shit is so predictable.

Again, if we assume all the Republicans will vote against her, today, it would only take 11 Democrats to vote against her to deny her the position.

 

[toomuchtime_]

'Never Nancy': Democrats ramp up efforts to sideline Pelosi, without offering an alternative

A band of House Democrats determined to oppose House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi's speaker bid are planning to release a signed letter as soon as this week indicating that they have gathered enough support to deny her the 218 votes needed to win the gavel on the House floor in January, a move they say would complicate her path to a second term as speaker and force renewed discussion about her stepping aside.

"This is a simple letter saying we want new leadership, which is what a vast majority of Democrats and the American people want," Rep. Seth Moulton, D-Mass., a member of the group, told reporters Tuesday.

Pelosi, who has said she's "100 percent confident" that she will be the next House speaker, has been working since last week on her bid, meeting and talking with new members and incumbent Democrats, to shore up support.

Democrats ramp up efforts to sideline Nancy Pelosi, without an alternative

The entire House votes for Speaker, and if we assume all Republicans will vote against her, it will only take a couple of dozen Democrats to sink her ship.

Oh come on.

There must be one Dem in the House who can take over the speakership??

They have over 200 there must be someone better than Pelosi to take over the speakership.

Better at what? It's a very complex job and the only way to know if some one else is more capable than Pelosi would be to have seen that person in a leadership position, but all those people are among the old guard the new representatives want to get rid of, so this should be interesting.

 

[easyt65]

Is the newly elected Socialist Darling still sitting on the floor of Pelosi's office wearing matching T-Shirts with the enthusiastic young college cheerleaders protesting climate change?

 

[JWBooth]

She has way too many chits to call in to be easily taken down. These children should tread carefully.

 

[SassyIrishLass]

I can't stand Pelosi but with that said the pup should tread carefully, power has it's benefits and Pelosi knows the game

 

[longknife]

* Ocasio-Cortez crashes Nancy Pelosi’s office with scores of protesters – and a list of demands

The lunatic shows exactly what can be expected of the Dims in the 116th Congress. Sources say that at least a dozen Dims will vote against her Speakership.

So what is this “Green New Deal” activists are demanding? The group’s petition is vague, but generally describes this plan as “moving our country off fossil fuels over the designated 12 years that the [United Nations] has given us.”

“[T]he Green New Deal believes that radically addressing climate change is a potential path towards a more equitable economy with increased employment and widespread financial security for all,” reads Ocasio-Cortez’s campaign website.

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But here’s the problem for Pelosi’s opponents: There is currently no other House Dem stepping forward to take her on. “Asked about how the Pelosi defectors could beat somebody with nobody, [Rep. Seth] Moulton seemed undeterred, saying there was plenty of talent in the Democratic Caucus,” HuffPo’s Matt Fuller writes. But no one from that talent has accepted the challenge to compete against Pelosi.

So Democrats are stuck — between the option of an unpopular Pelosi who’s problematic for many of the House freshman who just won, and the option of no real Plan B.

 

[JWBooth]

I greatly anticipate the upconing circus that will be next congress.