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In reply to the discussion: Dear Mr. HOGG, Please educate yourself first. Who has stood with you? [View all]haele
(12,682 posts)Right now, for the Speaker's position, I'm more concerned about whom the Republicans are going to elect. Because THEY HAVE THE HOUSE. Do we want to face Kevin McCarthy, Jim Jordan, or whatever other evilangelical corporatist stooge that they're going to be pushing to take over Paul the weathervain Ryan?
We have to actually win the house before putting people up to run for Speaker. If people stay home because Pelosi has been demonized by the right and they don't want her as speaker, then there's no chance to vote for an effective Democratic House Speaker.
If it takes saying "I won't vote for Nancy Pelosi" to get votes out, it implies to the voter is that someone they feel is more effective than Pelosi - or someone more to their liking - can be nominated when the Democrats take over the house...
No matter if in reality, it doesn't really matter if it's a Wishy-washy third-way Republocrat running against her, or some newbie with delusions of privilege because they represent a politically homogenous district on one side of the spectrum or another, she's going to win, because it's a consensus of democrats - the majority of the party that is actually sitting in the House - that will elect a Speaker of the House.
Saying one won't vote for Pelosi right now is like counting chickens before the eggs are actually laid. And looking at the Democrats looking to run, I honestly don't think they'll be hurt if when we win, they don't vote for Pelosi and she wins anyway.
She is, after all, one of the most effective Speakers of the House in history.
The one thing I can guarantee is whomever we can elect, there's going to be a good number of constituent voters who will be unhappy.
They'll either be not progressive enough, or not inclusive enough, or not "pragmatic" enough, or not <FITB> sparkle pony issue of the year enough. Because that's the way Democrats roll...
Haele