Scarborough on Pelosi

[Jarqui]

110. Let's get realistic and look at something meaningful and relevant.

As Speaker of the House or Minority Leader, she is a national leader. It is her results nationally that are a concern.
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/other/nancy_pelosi_favorableunfavorable-6673.html

Her favorability is -23.5 - nine points worse than Trump's approval - more than 10 points worse than when they lost the House in 2012.
The people responding to those polls are not just Republicans. They include Democrats and Independents.

There are reasons for those numbers. The biggest is all the deceitful bashing she has taken from the GOP. So she has taken a lot of punishment for our cause.

She has been a great leader and Democrat. I am a fan and grateful for her service. I have no problem with her continuing short term. She could steady the rudder towards new leadership. But if we want to do well in 2020 and 2022 and hang onto the gains of 2018, we have to give new leadership very serious consideration. Her numbers are so far under water nationally, they're a threat to drag other candidates down with her and the hatred of Trump may not be there to drive folks to the polls in 2020. The GOP use their manufactured hatred of her to get their people out to vote.

Among Democrats, according to Gallup:
https://news.gallup.com/poll/244658/democrats-favor-someone-pelosi-speaker.aspx

Before the Democratic Party's wins in Tuesday's elections, which gave them majority control in the House of Representatives, U.S. Democrats said they would prefer to have a new leader in Congress. By 56% to 39%, Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents said Nancy Pelosi should be replaced as their leader in the House rather than kept in that role by being elected the next speaker. These views are similar among Democrats across the ideological spectrum.

In less than 18 months, Nancy will be 80 years old.

Rather than just punting her to the curb, she could be valuable to help make a transition to new leadership. I have great respect for her and think she can still help our cause.