Pelosi: With Hillary Clinton, Democrats can win the House

[Freddie Stubbs]

Source: The Hill

Rep. Nancy Pelosi says Democrats can recapture control of the House in 2016 by riding Hillary Clinton’s coattails.

“Yes, we can win the House,” the California Democrat said during a sit-down interview in her Capitol office.

“If she runs, she will win the nomination. And if she’s our nominee, she clearly — I mean, the campaign, the joint effort — would be one that could not only take her into office but would [pull Democrats to victory],” Pelosi said.

“There’s opportunity, all kinds of statistics now about if the Democrats have a presidential candidate who … wins by 52 percent — that’s over 20 [House] seats,” Pelosi added. “And so 53 [percent] is a victory [for House Democrats].”

Read more: http://thehill.com/homenews/house/230812-pelosi-with-hillary-dems-can-win-the-house

[jtuck004]

1. Ironic how political parties can win and the people still lose. n/t

[bemildred]

2. Notice she does not say "will win the house".

I can go to the moon, but it's not likely.

[newthinking]

14. Exactly.

Support for Hillary is not universal in the party. It will not result in the kind of turnout that could do this.

Now maybe someone coming out like in Greece to turn the platform back to truly progressive. THAT would bring about majorities. However, Pelosi might lose her seat in such a scenario.

[brooklynite]

16. The House seats we're likely to pick up aren't in progressive areas...

...they're held by Republicans in competitive middle of the road districts, for who Hillary Clinton could be an attractive Presidential candidate.

That said, with gerrymandering in place, we're not likely to win back the House until 2022 at the earliest, regardless of who the Presidential nominee is.

[wyldwolf]

3. Pelosi is a DLC corporatist water-carrying fascist... um.. what else?

[Thespian2]

9. K & R

Your response. Democrats like Pelosi are apparently frightened to death to have a real progressive run for the House. I think you defined her quite well.

[TheNutcracker]

17. ditto!

[candelista]

18. Can't the same be said of Hillary?

How is she any different from Nancy?

[wyldwolf]

22. Apologies, Candelista. I shoulda used the 'sarcasm' tag.

[closeupready]

21. "We have to pass the bill ... so that you can see what's in it"

I like her, but she really isn't a liberal in the sense that Warren or Sanders are, lol.

[Scuba]

4. Scuba: With Hillary Clinton, neo-liberals pretending to be Democrats can win the House.

[Autumn]

5. Victory my ass.

[PoliticAverse]

6. No matter who the nominee is does anyone expect she would say "we can't win the house"?

[beerandjesus]

7. Um, except that Democrats have gotten 52-53% of the vote routinely...

...and still lost seats due to gerrymandering.

Wish I believed her, though.

[Freddie Stubbs]

8. The only time since 1964 a Democratic Presidential candidate has gotten more than 52% of

the popular vote was in 2008. That year Democrats retained control of the House.

[zeemike]

10. Yep, we should listen to leaders who lost the house for us

And the Senate.
Let's just keep doing the same thing and we will have different results...
It is time for change, real change not just the words.

[Cosmic Kitten]

13. +1

[Cosmic Kitten]

12. WITHOUT Pelosi Democrats can WIN!

Enough is enough !

Why is a professional loser like Pelosi is still considered a "leader"?
Out with those DLC / 3rd-Wayers.

[mimi85]

20. What makes Pelosi a professional loser?

You lost me on that one.

[TheNutcracker]

15. Anybody else Nancy? After all no one has announced.

NO MORE DINOS

[merrily]

19. Republicans have made gains at all levels other than POTUS since 2010. Time for a change.

Congress 2014--biggest Republican victories since 1928.

Yet, we're told to go along with going further and further right because that supposedly makes Dems so eminently electable.

What's wrong with that picture?

[Reter]

23. How many seats would be have to pick up to regain control?

Over 30? How many did the Republicans win in '94 when they took over?

[Marthe48]

24. If so many Americans favor

liberal causes, such as marriage equality, woman's rights, minimum wage hike, etc,etc, why do the republicans keep getting elected? Why do I have to keep seeing those jerks on the news, blathering about climate change is a myth, Keystone, blah,blah, blah?
And if the Dems do get the House back, are they going to do something with their power, or once again legitimize the extreme right's extreme minority stance, and once again I ask, how do the extremists keep getting elected?