House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, who has raised a staggering $100 million for Democrats for the upcoming midterms, has neither the time nor the inclination for questions about her own fate in the caucus, according to a Tuesday NPR report.
“It is the least important question you could ask, with all due respect to your list of questions there,” she said.
Pelosi shifted the conversation to her top priority: winning back the House.
“Will it be a tsunami or will it be a wave?” she said. “Either case it’s tiny little drops of water, and all of them close races.”
“I have every confidence that we’ll win,” she continued. “Not because I’m taking anything for granted, but because we’re not yielding one grain of sand. This is urgent.”
Agree with Pelosi here… No one who cares about the country should try to stir the pot by making “Pelosi as Speaker” a feature of this election cycle. I may not be a big fan… but “Pelosi as Speaker” certainly sounds a lot better than "Ryan, or McCarthy or any other (ᴙ) as speaker.
The Republicans are attempting to nationalize the election and in doing so have targeted Pelosi as the chief Democratic boogie woman. This Reporter’s question plays right into the Republican frame. Who asked the question? Or would asking it be bad form? NPR wouldn’t take sides in an election, would it?
I want to apologize for this comment. I have been viewing this election through the Donald Trump lens where all reporters have a hidden agenda, except I am pretty sure I think most reporters work for conservatives. If the boss wants a story you produce the story he wants.
Pelosi’s answer to the idiotic question is exactly why she’s the right person to lead the House Democratic Caucus.
The least important because she knows she’s on her way out.
As a good, liberal Democrat I am glad. Time for fresh horses and new blood.
I look forward to the day where reporters hound Republicans asking who they voted for in 2016. More than a few Democrats have lost elections because they voted for Obama or supported Pelosi. The same and worse should happen to those who enabled this administration.