Nancy Pelosi Announces intention to Name Marcia Fudge Committee Chair

[mcar]

Pelosi is a bad ass!

Link to tweet

?s=19

[elleng]

1. NOT a bad ass, a great strategist!

[mcar]

2. All of the above!

[Liberty Belle]

28. Grab the popcorn, this show is going to be fun.

[guillaumeb]

3. That is one way to demonstrate an agenda.

Recommended.

[KayF]

4. it looks like they made a deal

it calls Fudge's motives into question about why she challenged Pelosi.

I understand that's how things work but it's not necessarily a cause for celebration imho. Also not a cause for a whole lof of teeth-gnashing either by the way.

[brush]

11. You're mistaken. Fudge didn't challenge Pelose. the #FiveWhiteGuys tried to...

push her out front to do just that but Fudge had enough sense not to. She met with Pelosi and apparently was persuaded not to do something rash.

Rep. Fudge made the right decision to leave the #FiveWhiteGuys swinging in the wind.

[Demsrule86]

12. I celebrate! Marcia was being used...better watch out Seth...I smell primary.

[Iggo]

21. No question about it.

[demmiblue]

23. This may have something to do with it:

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100211456331

(she doesn't deserve a chair position, imo)

[MontanaMama]

5. So can we get behind Nancy for Speaker yet???

Nobody is better qualified and more deserving of the speakership. Let’s quit trying to load frogs in a wheelbarrow, please. Go Nancy!

[NewJeffCT]

20. I support Pelosi, but I don't think Fudge was on the list of 16

that said they opposed Pelosi.

She'd need a few people from that list to defect - 1 at least, but 2 or 3 to be safer

[MontanaMama]

25. Fudge never had a chance.

Nancy is playing chess...and she’s a master.

[awesomerwb1]

6. Hope not after the letter that just came out nt

[brush]

7. Now that's what's called having power and knowing how to use it...

benevolently in this case.

Pelosi also knows how to use it the other way against repugs, and unfortunately for some misguided conservadems, probably against them too.

[ginnyinWI]

8. Set and Match. n/t

[JHan]

9. hehe

[Wintryjade]

10. Pelosi once again shows us her excellence as a leader.

[Stinky The Clown]

13. . . . . thus proving once again why she DESERVES to be Speaker.

[sheshe2]

14. Do NOT mess with Nance.

[George II]

16. Either of them!!!

[Hotler]

15. ......

[Cha]

17. So that's why her name wasn't on The Letter

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along with Kathleen Rice and Linda Sanchez along with The Guys opposing Nancy for Speaker of The House.

Thanks, mcar

ETA Change from "Loretta" to "Linda"..

Me

[flibbitygiblets]

18. Exhibit A of how Pelosi turns adversaries into allies:

(per HuffPo 5 days ago):

According to Fudge, “I don’t hate Nancy. I think Nancy has been a very good leader,” Fudge told HuffPost. “I just think it’s time for a new one.”

During the course of our interview, the former Congressional Black Caucus chairwoman made it clear she thinks Pelosi has not been a vocal enough advocate for African-Americans in Congress, she dismissed suggestions that Pelosi had led Democrats back to the majority, and she painted herself as equally liberal as Pelosi.

My concern about the caucus is the same concern I have about the country. Just as there is this undertone of racism in the country, there’s also that in our caucus.”

Fudge pointed to Pelosi’s refusal to endorse in the race for majority whip, a contest between the current No. 3 Democrat ― and CBC stalwart ― Jim Clyburn (D-S.C.), and Rep. Diana DeGette (D-Colo.).

“But she wants our endorsements?” Fudge said of Pelosi. “Who has she endorsed?”

“We’re not feeling the love,” she added.

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Sounds like Fudge is feeling the love now...

[Cha]

22. Hi, flibbity.. do you have a link, please?

Never mind.. I found it!

Marcia Fudge, Toying With Speaker Run, Slams Nancy Pelosi

According to Fudge, “I don’t hate Nancy. I think Nancy has been a very good leader,” Fudge told HuffPost. “I just think it’s time for a new one.”
During the course of our interview, the former Congressional Black Caucus chairwoman made it clear she thinks Pelosi has not been a vocal enough advocate for African-Americans in Congress, she dismissed suggestions that Pelosi had led Democrats back to the majority, and she painted herself as equally liberal as Pelosi.

My concern about the caucus is the same concern I have about the country. Just as there is this undertone of racism in the country, there’s also that in our caucus.”

Fudge pointed to Pelosi’s refusal to endorse in the race for majority whip, a contest between the current No. 3 Democrat ― and CBC stalwart ― Jim Clyburn (D-S.C.), and Rep. Diana DeGette (D-Colo.).

“But she wants our endorsements?” Fudge said of Pelosi. “Who has she endorsed?”

“We’re not feeling the love,” she added.

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/marcia-fudge-speaker_us_5bed9033e4b03af89267a979

[flibbitygiblets]

33. Thanks for providing the link Cha!

Much appreciated!

[Cha]

34. And, I appreciate

the previous 180!

Wow.. what a difference a few days make.

[DownriverDem]

32. I get the feeling

that some of those folks don't know how it all works. Watch and learn newbies.

[eleny]

19. .

[SunSeeker]

24. That's how you do it. This isn't Nancy's first rodeo.

[apcalc]

26. Damn, she's good!

[rurallib]

27. Elections Subcommittee -- oh my!

brilliant!

[Me.]

29. Boy, Are Those White Boys Ever Going To Be Sorry

[iluvtennis]

30. And it's a much needed committee given the voter

suppression over last several years and part of the voting rights act being overturned

[Bernardo de La Paz]

31. Teamwork! The Democratic liberal progressive way! . . . nt