Dem Wont Win House Anytime Soon

[bobloblaw]

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2015/05/25/pelosi_we_have_had_a_lot_of_advances_fighting_isis_on_social_media.html

As long as this buffoon is the face of the Dem party.

She lost in 2010, 2012, and 2014 yet remains leader. This is the problem with politics in the USA. In the UK Labour, UKIP and LD all lost or fell short and all three leaders resigned. In the USA losing is a resume enhancer.

[Vega]

I don't know why there hasn't some sort of rebellion in the ranks of the Dem House caucus; throw her out and put Hoyer in her place. I guess she wants a female duplet in 2017, but that's just not realistic.

If Democrats re-elect her as minority leader next year, I'll eat my hat.

[IceSpear]

Boehner is more unpopular than Pelosi, I don't see that stopping Republicans from winning the House.

[bobloblaw]

I don't know why there hasn't some sort of rebellion in the ranks of the Dem House caucus; throw her out and put Hoyer in her place. I guess she wants a female duplet in 2017, but that's just not realistic.

If Democrats re-elect her as minority leader next year, I'll eat my hat.

The problem is, and you sort of eluded to it, identity politics. The Dems cant dump a woman

[bobloblaw]

Boehner is more unpopular than Pelosi, I don't see that stopping Republicans from winning the House.

Boehner hasnt lost any elections as leader.

[IceSpear]

Boehner is more unpopular than Pelosi, I don't see that stopping Republicans from winning the House.

Boehner hasnt lost any elections as leader.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections,_2008

[Antonio the Sixth]

Speakers don't "win" or "lose" House elections. That's just stupid.

[Nyvin]

Boehner is more unpopular than Pelosi, I don't see that stopping Republicans from winning the House.

Boehner hasnt lost any elections as leader.

Actually he did get fewer House votes overall in 2012.

[Amenhotep Bakari-Sellers]

Boehner has no reason for voters to like him. He shut down the govt and refuse to pass bills other than appropiations.

He refused common sense immigration reform, and wont create new streams of revenue like closing tax loopholes.

[Vega]

Speakers don't "win" or "lose" House elections. That's just stupid.

Yeah, they do. Just because they haven't recently doesn't mean they "don't".

[TheElectoralBoobyPrize]

To be fair, McConnell should've been gone awhile ago too...failing to get the Senate majority three straight times and only gaining seats one of those times.

In all honesty though, the leaders of the parties in Congress really don't have much to do with what happens in the elections.