I Helped Lead the 'Fire Pelosi' Campaign in 2010. Democrats Would Be Nuts to Do It Now.

[DonViejo]

Why would they drop the former speaker with a record of shepherding legislation through the House and who just raised a ton of cash to help Democrats retake it now?

Doug Heye
11.21.18 5:10 AM ET

In 2010, I helped lead the effort of the Republican National Committee’s “Fire Pelosi” campaign, launched the evening of the House vote on Obamacare that then-Speaker Pelosi pushed through with a one-vote margin. The campaign exceeded our expectations; we surpassed our fundraising goals by more than 400 percent, a much needed boost for a committee struggling to raise money, and led to the Fire Pelosi bus tour, a centerpiece for 117 successful political events in the 48 continental states.

Our campaign, however, rested on one key premise: Nancy Pelosi, we believed, had to go precisely because she was so effective. Had Speaker Pelosi not been able to get Obamacare through, our campaign had no rationale.

Had Democrats dumped Pelosi following the 2010 elections, that would have made sense: our efforts helped make Pelosi the face of a staggering 63-seat loss in the House. So surprised were we that Democrats did not throw her overboard following their loss of the House, that we altered our Fire Pelosi sign to read “Hire Pelosi.”

But this is a different world, politically, than eight years ago. Nancy Pelosi was again a key driver in this election, the top fundraiser for Democrats as they retook the House in an election that just so happens to have had a massive increase in both female voters and female candidates.

Democrats stayed with Pelosi for eight years, even as Republicans made an issue of her in congressional races across the country again this year. And while it is understandable why Republicans want to campaign and vote against Pelosi—she is a bankable commodity for the GOP—exactly why are are Democrats talking about dumping the most powerful woman in American political history, one with a successful track record of moving Democratic policy goals through the House, just after after she helped them reclaim the majority there?!

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[Grins]

1. And therein lies the answer to the question: "Why do Republicans hate Nancy Pelosi?"

And therein lies the answer to the question: "Why do Republicans hate Nancy Pelosi?"

"Nancy Pelosi, we believed, had to go precisely because she was so effective."

I'm trying to guess the vast number of Reich-wing emails that have been Fwd: Fwd: Fwd: Fwd: to me since 2010 assaulting her for Obamacare, her husband, being from 'libural' San Francisco and, of course "her jet".

This is sweet!