1. What the fuck is Nancy Pelosi doing?
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5. Another way to look at this is Pelosi is using the old triangulation model: situating herself as the vital center in opposition to the extreme right (Trump) and the supposedly extreme left (the Squad0.
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6. Leaving aside whatever ideological objections one might have to triangulation, the problem is Pelosi is pursuing triangulation in an age of polarization. Trump isn't afraid to rile up his side & push extreme policies while triangulation waters down opposition
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7. In an age of polarization, triangulation is really self-strangulation. I pursue the argument here: https://www.thenation.com/article/pelosi-trump-squad-moderate/ …
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Thanks, I thought they'd given her two votes, glad to hear it's just the regular uno.
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I sit back, listening, watching and waiting for this entire cacophonous hoopla to play itself out. From time to time I add in my 3 cents worth. I agree and/or disagree with respect.
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I think Pelosi has her eyes on the prize, and is trying to hold the majority together while preparing for impeachment and 2020. Everyone just wants action. Understandable. But running into battle not fully prepared can be worse than waiting for the right time
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She’s not preparing for impeachment. I don’t know what you’ve seen which indicates her supposed support for impeachment, but she has always poo pooed the idea. She’s old. She doesn’t have the fight in her anymore. And she doesn’t have her finger on the pulse.
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As a native new Yorker I can attest that number 4 is very sadly the truth
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House Dems went on background this week to criticize AOC for using the term "concentration camps" so I think this is the most likely explaination
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