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Democrats debate: Pelosi for House speaker or time for a change?
ABC News ^ | 7/01/18 | John Parkinson, Benjamin Siegal

Posted on 07/01/2018 7:31:41 AM PDT by Libloather

Rep. Joe Crowley’s stunning primary loss to 28-year-old progressive and first-time candidate Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Tuesday reverberated not only through Democratic circles in New York but in the halls of the U.S. Capitol: Crowley had hoped to succeed House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, raising new questions about the future of the Democratic Party.

“We’re in a moment of transition,” Rep. Emmanuel Cleaver, a Missouri Democrat and former chair of the Congressional Black Caucus, told ABC News.

Crowley, the boss of the Queens Democratic Party and fourth-ranking House Democrat, had been quietly positioning himself to replace Pelosi as the top House Democrat after November's midterm elections.

But even before Crowley's stunning upset, Pelosi, the onetime speaker and highest-ranking female politician in American history, was seeking to reclaim the gavel if Democrats managed to flip 24 House seats and gain back the House majority.

"We will win. I will run for Speaker. I feel confident about it,” Pelosi told the Boston Globe recently.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: democrats; house; pelosi; speaker
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I hear that she's up by 50 points.
1 posted on 07/01/2018 7:31:41 AM PDT by Libloather
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To: Libloather

And Hillary is still in charge!


2 posted on 07/01/2018 7:32:25 AM PDT by 2banana (My common ground with terrorists - they want to die for islam and we want to kill them)
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To: Libloather

Give her a giant Nerf gavel to carry around.


3 posted on 07/01/2018 7:32:42 AM PDT by Bryanw92 (Asking a pro athlete for political advice is like asking a cavalry horse for tactical advice.)
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To: Libloather

Maxine!


4 posted on 07/01/2018 7:32:44 AM PDT by Brilliant
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To: Libloather

Don’t you have to be able to speak to be Speaker ?


5 posted on 07/01/2018 7:34:09 AM PDT by butlerweave
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To: Libloather

I hope they NEVER get rid of her!

She is the gift that keeps on giving.


6 posted on 07/01/2018 7:34:40 AM PDT by freedumb2003 ("please pass the winnamins" (/Principled on 6/27/2018))
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To: Libloather

Change? Maybe her “depends”. Or is it “grampers”? She’s already shown she’s losing cognitive skills.


7 posted on 07/01/2018 7:34:43 AM PDT by rktman (Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
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To: Libloather

I vote for Nutty Nancy!


8 posted on 07/01/2018 7:38:09 AM PDT by bigbob (Trust Sessions. Trust the Plan.)
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To: Libloather

Once she has had her annual stretch, she will be ready to lead once again.

9 posted on 07/01/2018 7:39:17 AM PDT by deadrock
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To: Brilliant
Yes!

Maxine!

C'mon Dems...

YES you CAN!

YOU are with HER!

The face of the Dem party, don't you know?

10 posted on 07/01/2018 7:41:01 AM PDT by Seaplaner (Never give in. Never give in. Never...excepto for convictions of honour and good sense. W. Churchill)
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To: Libloather

‘Momenment of Transition’ to Pure Socialism that is left of Nancy Pelosi - if you can imagine.


11 posted on 07/01/2018 7:57:19 AM PDT by CptnObvious (uestion her now.)
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To: Libloather

Perhaps a better course is to just not show up.

Democrats are losers and have nothing to offer. Their resistance is futile. Their efforts are just a waste.


12 posted on 07/01/2018 7:59:47 AM PDT by bert ((K.E. N.P. N.C. +12 ..... In August our cities will be burning))
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Plenty of time for that discussion in November IF necessary. I don’t think it will be but hey, let them talk.


13 posted on 07/01/2018 8:02:51 AM PDT by DIRTYSECRET (urope. Why do they put up with this.)
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To: Libloather

She is not going anywhere until she is ready. Nance has many connections and brings in lots of $$$ for the Rats. IMO


14 posted on 07/01/2018 8:03:15 AM PDT by duckman ( Not tired of winning!)
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To: Libloather

Libtard progressive Dems in hope mode..........

Newsflash: Nancy will never be House speaker again.......!


15 posted on 07/01/2018 8:08:38 AM PDT by cranked
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Makes you wonder if she had a hand in Crowley’s defeat.


16 posted on 07/01/2018 8:16:18 AM PDT by Sertorius (A hayseed with no Greek and dam^ proud of it)
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I hope they NEVER get rid of her! She is the gift that keeps on giving.

If Pelosi ever gets replaced, I hope the Democrats choose Mad Maxine Waters. They've swung that far to the left of the CooCoo for Cocoa Puff's scale that I can actually envision the Democrats doing it.

17 posted on 07/01/2018 8:18:39 AM PDT by usconservative (When The Ballot Box No Longer Counts, The Ammunition Box Does. (What's In Your Ammo Box?))
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From what I have seen,Crowley had it in the bag.So much that he forgot that part about getting out the vote. Kind of funny really.


18 posted on 07/01/2018 8:21:14 AM PDT by D Rider
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To: Libloather

I nominate Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez as House minority leader ...


19 posted on 07/01/2018 8:23:59 AM PDT by catnipman ((Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!))
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To: Sertorius

She is a fool if she had anything to do with the young socialist winning in Queens. That young woman is not at all who she presented herself to be. She grew up in West Chester County, has a degree in political science and owns her own publishing company. I bet that she even changed her hair do to make herself look less sophisticated and more ethnic.

She is another wealthy socialist woman in the Democrat Party, along with Pramila Jayapal from Seattle. I think that these women are getting help from the DNC leadership, but not Pelosi.


20 posted on 07/01/2018 8:24:57 AM PDT by Eva
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