Playbook scoop: Pelosi pulls in nearly $50M for House Dems in 2017

[DonViejo]

PLAYBOOK SCOOP -- HOUSE MINORITY LEADER NANCY PELOSI raised $49.5 million for House Democrats in 2017, including $47.6 million directly for the DCCC, according to her team. THE BREAKDOWN: She held 204 fundraising events in 43 cities. Comparatively, she raised $40.1 million in 2015.

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[Wounded Bear]

1. She is so, so horrible for the party...

Facts are facts. Nancy led one of the most productive House terms in history. Her ability to raise money for the Party is still strong.

Bashing her just to bash her is muy counterproductive.

[kirby]

2. She is such a horrible speaker...

But obviously a great fundraiser. She should stick to her strengths. Her rambling and stuttering during speaking is not a good public representative of the party or caucus. I am not a good speaker myself but I cannot she her getting better than a C- in a public speaking class.

[NCTraveler]

5. .

[mcar]

3. Best leader in generations!

Anyone who says otherwise does not know the facts.

[NCTraveler]

7. Or they know the facts....

and aren't on our side.

[mcar]

10. Or that

[gratuitous]

4. If she was ineffective, the oppressives wouldn't give a tin shit about Pelosi

But her name keeps coming up in the ongoing live slam book that is our political discourse. She's too thin, she's too short, her eyes are too big, she has a funny-sounding last name, carp, complain, nit-pick. If she was an empty suit, the opposition wouldn't care. But she's effective, on so many levels in so many ways. So we get the fly-specking of all things Pelosi, some of which gulls even our fellow Democrats.

[dalton99a]

6. Great job.

[NCTraveler]

8. K&R nt.

[JCanete]

9. For starters, I'll say I mostly like Pelosi, even if I'd still rather different leadership, but

among those of us who feel that way, I don't think its a matter of not understanding that she and our other leaders bring in money. In fact, its about the money and where it comes from and how that affects our policy. Now, to what degree that happens, or whether or not it is simply a necessary evil in our political system are worthy things to debate, but pointing to the money(which the op didn't do but others have and will) and saying that that proves that she's a good leader and that only enemies of Democrats and progressive policy would try to disparage her, is working with the worst evidence possible. Plenty of other things to cite to make the case that Pelosi is a great leader, but big money ain't one.

[Amishman]

11. Yup, big donor money comes with strings attached

I know we desperately need it given the bigger picture, but I get a little uncomfortable whenever big bucks are raised behind closed doors