We cats are strolling down Memory Lane, thinking back to the time when the Democrats won back the House of Representatives and the punditheads of the world were worrying about Nancy Pelosi's age (among other things). Which Democrats would defect, and vote for someone else as Speaker, they wondered. So many minutes of on-air time were wasted on this question.
In the end, members like Jim Cooper, Elissa Slotkin, Kathleen Rice, Jared Golden, Abigail Spanberger and Conor Lamb declined to vote for Nancy — for a variety of reasons. Mostly, they were not aligned with a hardcore, anti-Pelosi faction. But we were willing to chastise them gently — which we must nevertheless do again tonight.
The Speaker of the House has handled the impeachment of Donald Trump masterfully. Most of all, she knows her caucus. She knows not just the numbers in which they will vote, but their personal stories as well, and how those stories compare with their districts. Her goal, as always, is to preserve her majority. She is, in short, detail-oriented and brilliant. We challenge the Republicans to put forth one of their ranks who dares to compare. (We think there are none who will.)
Even so, as we roll into this decisive week, it would be nice if the previously anti-Pelosi Democrats would take a moment to step up and say: Madam Speaker, we were wrong, and you are fabulous. It would give the Democratic majority a wonderful backstop, and it would make us cats PURR.
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