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In reply to the discussion: One thing REALLY bothers me about Lamb's campaign: [View all]ollie10
(2,091 posts)205. Fair enough!
She is a great Democrat and has done a lot of good.
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We need someone new at the helm. Pelosi is old school and old news. Time for CHANGE.
LBM20
Mar 2018
#15
you are apparently unaware of just how strong the anti-Pelosi thing is out there in the real world
ollie10
Mar 2018
#114
Shes one of the most liberal voices we have, and her constituents keep voting for her
emulatorloo
Mar 2018
#9
Sounds like you enjoy losing elections and don't want to be a big tent national party.Goody for you.
LBM20
Mar 2018
#13
We just won... first of all so maybe you should consider your words more carefully.
Demsrule86
Mar 2018
#117
I am not being snarky here, I would like to know who you think would make a good Speaker
Exotica
Mar 2018
#185
He could call her a 3 legged duck with the brains of a 5 legged giraffe, as long as he wins
Eliot Rosewater
Mar 2018
#76
IMPORTANT QUESTION: You couldn't - possibly - let us have one day to be glad?
Glorfindel
Mar 2018
#4
She is a Pacific coast liberal, old school establishment, and does not play in red-leaning areas.
LBM20
Mar 2018
#20
I think some are being unnecessarily divisive and I have to wonder why...who cares
Demsrule86
Mar 2018
#113
let's not be devisive, let's all support the new generation of Democratic leadership
ollie10
Mar 2018
#118
Yes, we are, which is why we find this regurgitation of GOP talking points troubling.
Ninsianna
Mar 2018
#37
So are you arguing that it is a good thing that we have a leader that is demonized?
ollie10
Mar 2018
#26
Doesnt matter who our leadership is. GOP propagandists will lie about and demonize them n/t
emulatorloo
Mar 2018
#72
So you're saying that the only reason people voted for Lamb is because he shunned Pelosi?
chowder66
Mar 2018
#154
If she, at 29% approval, makes it difficult to get the house majority, she won't get to serve either
ollie10
Mar 2018
#150
Pelosi is toxic in that district and others. It wasn't personal, and YES, it is time for NEW BLOOD.
LBM20
Mar 2018
#12
No...we keep our experienced leader to fight Trump ...so forget it. And the right will hate
Demsrule86
Mar 2018
#127
I think Lamb is a Seth Moulton guy who is a Tim Ryan guy. They are of a contingent
seaglass
Mar 2018
#18
I do because we need new blood. It isn't personal, but the party has been smashed to pieces all over
LBM20
Mar 2018
#22
Beyond asinine to associate 16 with any democrat, this is height of bashing after all the evidence
uponit7771
Mar 2018
#163
Yes, "calls for unity" are sometimes used as a weapon against the growth of same
Tom Rinaldo
Mar 2018
#65
All they have to do is start demonizing and voila! Rightwing lightning rod
RandomAccess
Mar 2018
#33
When will some supposedly on are side stop letting the GOP call the tune...seriously, we need to
Demsrule86
Mar 2018
#137
Sorry, I don't understand you. Presumably how he waged his campaign was how he won.
Demit
Mar 2018
#64
His opposition to Pelosi as House Minority or Majority leader is because the right wing ideology
still_one
Mar 2018
#47
If you let them whack Nancy, they'll demonize someone else for the next round
dalton99a
Mar 2018
#55
That's a good way of straddling a fine line, but it still embraces her too much.
bearsfootball516
Mar 2018
#119
+1. Jonathan Alter, who I usually like, was on his anti-Pelosi high horse last night. The argument
Tarheel_Dem
Mar 2018
#172
Unimportant, the GOP was trying to paint him as a Nancy Pelosi Democrat...super liberal...
Demsrule86
Mar 2018
#108
Nancy doesn't give a flying fuck what Conor had to do to get elected. We are fighting Nazis here.
MaryMagdaline
Mar 2018
#130
Me, too. Unlike Trump, Pelosi knows it's not about her. She's got a job to do for the people
MaryMagdaline
Mar 2018
#164
I agree. I think the party has bernie-itis where we pretend infighting is as important as
Corvo Bianco
Mar 2018
#132