![]() Our current position remains a solid one heading into the final election before the Census and the next round of Congressional and legislative redistricting.īy Matt Compton, November 2nd, 2009 4:30 PM EST The NJ Democratic Assembly Caucus did nearly everything right in this year’s election, and the advantages they banked during the summer allowed them to offset the Republican climate in the state last night.Īcross the country, Democrats still hold 60 legislative chambers and control 55 percent of the nation’s partisan legislative seats. The only seat that now appears to have changed hands was left open by retirement in District 4. Last night, the Democratic Caucus protected all of its incumbents, ultimately holding 47 of 48 seats. That in turn allowed them to counter a bad set of national trends and a strong statewide campaign from GOP gubernatorial candidate Chris Christie. In the weeks before Election Day, New Jersey Democrats built up formidable advantages in fundraising, candidate quality, and organization. The Democratic Assembly Caucus met that challenge head-on. ![]() Headed into Tuesday, Democrats held a solid majority, but Republicans had been talking about mounting a serious effort to cut into that margin, if not win the eight seats they would need to tie the chamber. In a night when state Democrats were looking for good news, the New Jersey Assembly offered a sharp counterpoint to elections elsewhere. Their victories helped to offset losses in other parts of the state. In Virginia, buoyed by a set of strong statewide candidates and a national climate that put history on their side, Republicans last night added to their margins in the House of Delegates.īut the GOP believed that this election might help them wipe out all the Democratic gains of the past six years, and it did not.ĭemocrats in the state were able to knock off two vulnerable Republicans, electing Luke Torian and Robin Abbott to the caucus. As the polls closed, Republicans and Democrats each held a majority they needed to protect, and today, the status quo remains the same. Last night’s legislative elections offered few surprises. That’s leadership we as Democrats can be proud of.īy Matt Compton, November 4th, 2009 3:06 PM EST Of course, from the floor, she’s been a champion for major increases in college aid and pay for veterans, upping the minimum wage, climate change, and now, health care. She’s raised $155 million for the DCCC since 2002 and helped to orchestrate the new Democratic majority in Congress. ![]() That’s a shame, because in terms of accomplishment, it’s hard to imagine how she as Speaker could be more effective. When she isn’t being threatened by conservatives, Pelosi often escapes national attention altogether. Just type the phrase, “Why is Harry Reid” into Google - you get no suggested completion to your query at all. Harry Reid, for instance, is the victim of similar approval ratings, but his enemies don’t attack him with the same sort of vitriol. Nancy Pelosi is occasionally called the most hated woman in America, but it’s hard to escape the conclusion that much of that hatred seems to stem from the fact that she is a woman. ![]() “That language is something I haven’t even heard in decades.” They really don’t understand how inappropriate that is,” Pelosi shot back, smirking a little and trailing a hand in the air. Hey, is that Sean Penn over there?” She’s a high-handed lady who needs to be “put … in her place,” as the National Republican Congressional Committee said when she questioned General McChrystal’s advice on Afghanistan. You know, on health care, energy reform, and the economy. “By the way, I put poison in your-no, I look forward to all the policy discussions we’re supposed to have. To conservatives, she’s the devil: “Mussolini in a skirt,” “Nancy Botox,” a “domestic enemy of the Constitution.” In August, when she and Majority Leader Steny Hoyer wrote a USA Today editorial calling town-hall shouters “un-American” for stifling national debate, a radio host said he’d like to punch her in the face Joe the Plumber wanted to “beat the living tar” out of her and Glenn Beck brought out a cardboard cutout of her likeness, then pretended to drink wine alongside it: “I wanted to thank you for having me over here in wine country,” he cackled. This is a point highlighted in a new profile of the Speaker in New York Magazine: ![]() When you type the words, “Why is Nancy Pelosi” into Google, the search engine offers to complete your question with three popular queries:Įvery national politicians has his or her share of critics, but Nancy Pelosi seems to inspire a special kind of agitation from her detractors. By Matt Compton, November 6th, 2009 9:48 AM EST ![]()
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