Pelosi is responsible to helping the Democratic House fundraising numbers go thru the roof…..
The DCCC has bested its total digital fundraising mark from the 2016 election cycle, passing $75.27 million raised with months still to go in the 2018 midterms.
The committee passed the milestone early Tuesday morning, 10 weeks before the polls open on Election Day, a DCCC aide said. It is possible the DCCC could pass $100 million raised online by Nov. 6, since online giving rates grow so rapidly in the final weeks of an election.
Overall, the DCCC’s online take accounted for 37 percent of its total fundraising ($191 million) from January 2017 through July 2018. The NRCC raised $144.6 million in the same time period.
Some of the seeds for the online record were planted just after the 2016 election, when House Democrats hoped to capture the majority in an anti-Trump wave but instead netted six seats as President Donald Trump was elected…..
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“President Trump likes to mock Nancy Pelosi, but a private survey conducted for the RNC finds that she’s actually more popular—and beats the president when the midterm election is framed as a contest between the two,” Bloomberg reports.
“The internal poll… asks registered voters who they support ‘when the November election is framed by Trump and Pelosi.’ Overall, respondents prefer Pelosi-aligned candidates over Trump-aligned candidates by 5 points, 50% to 45%. Among independents only, Pelosi still prevails by a 4-point margin.”….
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Pelosi ain’t going ANYPLACE ….
…As the midterms inch closer, many Democrats on and off of Capitol Hill say there’s simply no standout figure to fill the vacuum.
“You can’t beat somebody with nobody,” said a former senior Democratic aide, who worked for a frequent Pelosi critic. “And they have nobody right now.”
Rep. Raúl Grijalva (D-Ariz.), who heads the Congressional Progressive Caucus, echoed that message, expressing some frustration that none of Pelosi’s critics have stepped forward to launch a challenge.
“There’s no real obvious pretender to the throne right now…
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