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I'm confident she'll appeal to their reason. LanternWaste Nov 2018 #1
Looks like her bid for the speakership is going to fail NewsCenter28 Nov 2018 #4
I'm confident she'll succeed. LanternWaste Nov 2018 #8
Is it? See... PoliticAverse Nov 2018 #12
With support from 80%+? Nah. mahina Nov 2018 #36
A whole 20, eh? Quick, let me do the math vlyons Nov 2018 #2
That means she is short of 218 on the floor NewsCenter28 Nov 2018 #6
How much she actually needs will depend on what the anti-Pelosi faction does. PoliticAverse Nov 2018 #41
If the cons all vote for McCarthy leftynyc Nov 2018 #14
A real possibility. That would never happen to the GOP. They would unite for good of the party. Garrett78 Nov 2018 #23
So will we leftynyc Nov 2018 #25
That's not a real possibility BeyondGeography Nov 2018 #34
It is in theory leftynyc Nov 2018 #50
Marcia Fudge: "We're not going to allow the Republicans to have a speaker." BeyondGeography Nov 2018 #53
Speakership is an absolute majority, not a plurality. SaschaHM Nov 2018 #38
It's a majority of the votes cast leftynyc Nov 2018 #67
I don't think that is true dansolo Nov 2018 #66
What, specifically, did Pelosi do to win those seat? Cuthbert Allgood Nov 2018 #3
Google is your friend NewsCenter28 Nov 2018 #5
Misogyny still very much exists NewsCenter28 Nov 2018 #9
She raised a lot of money for the party vlyons Nov 2018 #13
She can still do that without the speaker's gavel... Baconator Nov 2018 #52
Yeah, you'll wait.. Cha Nov 2018 #16
You put more effort into it than I would have BannonsLiver Nov 2018 #27
Well, they're all over Cha Nov 2018 #37
You're a saint! BannonsLiver Nov 2018 #39
lol.. Not Cha Nov 2018 #44
Oh, well, SU-R-RE---if you're gonna throw FACTS at us! nt Atticus Nov 2018 #30
I know, right.. what chutzpah! Cha Nov 2018 #40
Wish I could Rec this for greatest page. mahina Nov 2018 #42
"I'll wait." --- ROFL! NurseJackie Nov 2018 #29
She raised tons of $$ for Democratic election efforts mcar Nov 2018 #58
Some Democrats told voters they wouldn't support Pelosi and so they may feel... PoliticAverse Nov 2018 #7
I don't see how they can abstain without looking weak though NewsCenter28 Nov 2018 #15
Yes it will leftynyc Nov 2018 #17
EXACTLY. Most of them said they WOULDN'T support her, not vote against her. If Dems end up on 235, OnDoutside Nov 2018 #20
Really? atreides1 Nov 2018 #10
How many of them aren't? BeyondGeography Nov 2018 #18
Ah come on, race ? Ageism, fair enough, even misogyny, but seriously .... OnDoutside Nov 2018 #28
Those sources are trying to create a bandwagon effect. They are probably among the 14 pnwmom Nov 2018 #11
Hopefully you're right pnwmom NewsCenter28 Nov 2018 #19
Put another way, Pelosi has got the backing of over 200 Democrats in the House. OAITW r.2.0 Nov 2018 #21
trump must be salivating at dems dumping his female nemesis nt msongs Nov 2018 #22
Who's running against her? MaryMagdaline Nov 2018 #24
If no other Dem throw their hat in the ring for the Speakership, what other choice will they have? In It to Win It Nov 2018 #26
If she can't get to 218, I hope a palatable female equivalent rises up asap. SaschaHM Nov 2018 #31
Just who is their alternative? dem4decades Nov 2018 #32
Trump and the republicans would like us Turbineguy Nov 2018 #33
Only 20? Algernon Moncrieff Nov 2018 #35
Nothing is taken for granted DeafAngelboy23 Nov 2018 #43
She didn't bring us this far for us to leave her. Get a grip, newbies! This is just want the GOP allgood33 Nov 2018 #45
And so it goes -- Dems always, ALWAYS find a way to f**k up. elfin Nov 2018 #46
Look SHE didn't win it back. It was 435 separate races. Nothing personal, but we need a change. LBM20 Nov 2018 #47
No, we need someone with solid knowledge of the arcane rules of the House, pnwmom Nov 2018 #64
I call Russian troll BS. apcalc Nov 2018 #48
I reached out to our new Congresswoman Desert grandma Nov 2018 #49
I'm not surprised... Baconator Nov 2018 #51
Let them fight Loki Liesmith Nov 2018 #54
This "opposition" is all for show since no one else is running to be Speaker wishstar Nov 2018 #55
I am appalled Andy823 Nov 2018 #56
Already we take on the personas of the ass hat Repugs randr Nov 2018 #57
I support her for speaker but it's bullshit that she "won the majority" back for Dems Jersey Devil Nov 2018 #59
You do realize that without Pelosi, there'd be no Obamacare right? DeminPennswoods Nov 2018 #61
Don't gild the lily Jersey Devil Nov 2018 #63
That is my recollection DeminPennswoods Nov 2018 #65
43 Republicans just voted against McCarthy in their caucus DeminPennswoods Nov 2018 #60
They can vote present on the floor Cosmocat Nov 2018 #62
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