Fudge endorses Nancy Pelosi in surprise move

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Rep. Marcia Fudge (D-Ohio) endorsed Democratic leader Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) for Speaker in the next Congress in a surprise move Tuesday, abandoning the idea of challenging her.

Fudge, who huddled with Pelosi in the Capitol on Friday, said Pelosi has offered to restore a defunct subcommittee on elections, and to make Fudge the chairwoman.

The issue of voting rights has been a top priority of members of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC), which Fudge used to lead, particularly since a 2013 Supreme Court decision scrapped key protections previously provided under the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

Fudge is vowing to use her new gavel to restore those protections.

https://thehill.com/homenews/house/417744-fudge-endorses-nancy-pelosi-in-surprise-move?userid=229233

Too bad for you Tim Ryan.

[question everything]

1. So how many does Pelosi have?

I've lost count. With the loss of Mia Love (who did not show love to Whiny Donny) do we have 234? And 16 signed they would not support her, this brings us to 218, the number needed? Perhaps even less of some vote Present?

Go ahead Democrats, let's start on the right foot. (OK the left one..)

[Me.]

3. THe House Has So Far Gained 39

more may come. 197 + 39 =236. She needs 218. So, she can lose 18 at this point, if all 16 oppose her as well as Conor Lamb she still can lose one more. Any more seats gained give her a cushion.

[TreasonousBastard]

2. Pelosi is still the dealmaker-in-chief-- that guy in the White house...

doesn't come close.

LBJ was the master of the carrot and stick, and Pelosi has carried on the tradition.

[pecosbob]

4. Only surprising if you're a moron or a RW hack journalist...

This stuff happens EVERY new session.

[DFW]

7. Nailed it.

Did her challengers and detractors REALLY think she had learned nothing after a few decades in Congress and a couple of years as Speaker of the House?

[Iggo]

5. LOL @ "surprise."

[regnaD kciN]

6. So, now you've got 16 Dems who have promised their constituents to vote against Pelosi...

...and no Democratic challenger running against her. What are they supposed to do, vote for Kevin McCarthy???

[Cha]

8. And, so sad Seth Moulton who even brought

out his Margaret Thatcher card

[Hortensis]

9. So does Obama in a way that should be eye-opening

to those whose notions about her arrived filtered through hostile figures and media.

Verbatim:

"I think Nancy Pelosi, when the history is written, will go down as one of the most effective legislative leaders that this country's ever seen. And Nancy is not always the best on a cable show or with a quick soundbite or what have you, but her skill, tenacity, toughness, vision, is remarkable. Her stamina, her ability to see around corners, her ability to stand her ground and do hard things and to suffer unpopularity to get the right thing done I think stands up against any person that I've observed or worked directly with in Washington during my lifetime."

In addition, summarized in Politico:

Obama said instead of "performance art," what's most important are the "nuts and bolts" of governance -- "the blocking and tackling involved in actually getting things across the finish line. And my experience has been that Nancy Pelosi knows how to do that, and she was an extraordinary partner for me throughout my presidency," Obama said.

Major legislative achievements are normally named for the current president, but otherwise the first-ever national healthcare plan, finally passed after 70 years of struggle against extreme intense opposition, could just as rightly be called Pelosicare, but she might have preferred Demscare.