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Nancy Pelosi’s brutal reality check

Now in her fourth year as speaker and eighth overall as the top Democrat in the House, Pelosi has never faced such a daunting set of challenges:

Health care

The voters

Democratic infighting

Brutal campaigning

Loss of allies

The “bullet in the head” factor: Pelosi insists she will fight for every Democratic seat this November. But as Election Day draws nearer, Pelosi will most likely have to make tough calls on which vulnerable Democratic candidates to help and which ones to cut loose. Those choices would cause conflict in her caucus and could threaten the Democratic majority if she picks poorly.

Internal polls look bad for the Democrats, and Charlie Cook has warned that the party may lose its majority in November.
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VPOTUS: This Job is Easy……

5 mons ago by Bob Latta for Congress

Amplify’d from www.politico.com

Just moments before the afternoon session got underway, C-SPAN’s cameras picked up audio of Biden chatting casually with participants.

“It’s easy being vice president — you don’t have to do anything.”
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White House Plays Politics with Presidential Appointments

5 mons ago by Bob Latta for Congress

Amplify’d from voices.washingtonpost.com

Sestak alleges WH offered him a job to drop Senate bid

The lawmaker challenging Sen. Arlen Specter in Pennsylvania’s Democratic primary claims the Obama administration pushed him to get out of the contest, even dangling the possibility of a plum job in return.

Rep. Joe Sestak has been running hard for several months to oust Specter, who has had the support of President Obama and much of the Democratic establishment since he left the Republican Party and helped give his new party a temporary supermajority in the Senate. The White House’s backing of Specter has long been clear, but did the administration actually go so far as to offer Sestak a job?

As reported by the Philadelphia Inquirer Friday, Sestak was asked Thursday during a taping of a local television news show, “Larry Kane: Voice of Reason,” whether the White House had made such an offer. Sestak responded, “Yes,” but declined to provide any further details.
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Sen. Bayh To Retire From Senate, Another Pick-Up Opportunity

5 mons ago by Bob Latta for Congress

News from our neighboring state….

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Bayh Decides Against Re-election Bid

Update | 12:41 p.m. Senator Evan Bayh, the Indiana Democrat, has decided not to run for a third term this year.

Mr. Bayh will announce the news at a press conference at 2 p.m., an aide confirmed on Monday. The decision was closely held by Mr. Bayh, a party official in Indiana said, and came as a surprise to Democrats in his state who had already started working on his campaign.

Mr. Bayh made his decision even after entreaties by President Obama and White House aides, including the chief of staff, Rahm Emanuel, who urged him to run.
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Kasich Leads Early Polls In OH Gov Race

5 mons ago by Bob Latta for Congress

Amplify’d from www.ohio.com

Strickland trails Kasich

Challenger gaining edge as voters of both parties agree economic changes need to be No. 1 priority

COLUMBUS: Democratic Gov. Ted Strickland, who roared into office three years ago with nearly 61 percent of the vote, trails Republican John Kasich 51-45 percent in an Akron Beacon Journal/Ohio Newspaper Poll released today, Jan. 24.
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