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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsNancy Pelosi Has Trump Right Where She Wants Him
"Out of power and under attack from her own party, the minority leader seemed like a spent force. Then Donald Trump happened."
"Watch Pelosi work the room in a meeting of her members, they say, and youll get it. She knows everything about all of them, from children to legislative pressure points. She knows when to approach her colleagues like a multicylinder spring-loaded lock, and when to come at them like the drama counselor at summer camp.
Your leader, Nancy Pelosi, was amazing, Schumer reassured nervous Democrats in a closed meeting after the Oval Office deal, according to people in the room. She was throwing shade at [Speaker Ryan]You got the votes, you got the votes? And he couldnt say anything.
The Democratic Party is in a rolling existential crisis, with no real power in Washington, the prospect of very rough midterm elections despite the presidents unpopularity and a massive, discombobulated 2020 presidential field thats like an Egon Schiele portrait of the lefts divisions and lack of leadership. Yet the one veteran with a proven track record of wins in Congress and in campaigns is the one theyre always talking about dumping. Junior House Democratswho make up many of the rebels in the caucusjoke that the only downside of possibly winning the majority next year is that Pelosi, who is 77, would almost certainly stick around, and have a pretty solid case for being speaker again.
A lot of our members say, Youve got to stay because youre the master legislator, Pelosi says. Self-promotion is a terrible thing, but clearly somebody has to do it. And I guess I havent done it enough.
Polarizing as Pelosi may be, if one thing became clear in the weeks I spent talking to her and dozens of allies and detractors in Congress for this story, its this: Shes not going anywhere, and doesnt really care about the complaints. She insists her priority is winning in 2018. That is it. Ive been speaker. Ive been there. Ive done that. I want the Democrats to win, she tells me, arguing that her party is in excellent shape, given Trumps approval ratings, the Democrats own recruitment and the historically poor performance of a presidents own party in the midterms."
https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/11/02/nancy-pelosi-house-democratic-leader-profile-feature-2017-215759
spooky3
(34,448 posts)We need her.
orangecrush
(19,549 posts)The right is constantly on the attack against her.
I would have loved to see her punk Ryan!
JustAnotherGen
(31,820 posts)Making that statement - was very clever. Let Trump think she's daft and not paying attention.
The more daft Trump thinks people are - the more he fucks up.
mcar
(42,311 posts)have such a negative opinion of her.