No shit. In Pennsylvania I saw nothing but attack ads against the Democrats for being "Pelosi Liberals". Got multiple pieces of mail that all said the same thing with robots and pigs on them talking about how the Pelosi liberals were dragging the elections through the mud. I literally saw one ad against Republicans compared to the dozens of attacks by the Republicans, and that one ad was based purely on policy with no name calling where as the Republican ads were all half truths and name calling.
I'm not going to lie, I'm ignorant of her and I'm incredibly distrustful of all establishment politicians, but the constant ads about her with no real substance only made me less likely to be against her. But she must be doing something seriously wrong if the other Democrats are standing against her in today's political climate.
I’m trying to figure this out is she not progressive enough maybe?
Like I said, the Republicans in Pennsylvania basically ran entirely on "Nancy Pelosi Liberal!" and "Higher Taxes!". It's a little harder for them to keep any momentum if they have to switch their scapegoat.
That seems to be pretty damn common in these arguments.
The criticisms of her sound even crazier given the fact that Republicans ran against her this election and the House saw a blue wave anyway. I think there's a good case to be made that the election results support her case to remain Speaker.
I don't know how I feel here. Hillary was too conservative to me but I'm a centrist who leans left so that should be ideal. I just think there's too much folding to the right by the left right now in government, we need someone farther left than me to push the government left a bit more than it is now.
Those 17 are part of the vocal fringe group that the party and the media let take control of the narrative. Problem is, even though the progressives largely lost, and the more moderate Dems won, they’re not about to give up the narrative, or the attention.
