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    1. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 19 Jul 2019

      1. What the fuck is Nancy Pelosi doing?

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    2. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 19 Jul 2019

      2. The most charitably explanation, offered by @ThePlumLineGS in characteristically thoughtful column, is that she's trying to preserve the 43 seats gained in 2018, which lean Republican (by +2) while the rest of the seat lean Democratic (by +16)

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    3. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 19 Jul 2019

      3. By prioritizing those 43 seats that lean Republican, Pelosi is steering the party far to the right of where the average Democratic voter is. @ThePlumLineGS has more here:https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/07/18/whats-behind-tensions-between-moderates-progressives-numbers-partly/?utm_term=.265643528199 …

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    4. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 19 Jul 2019

      4. The less charitable explanation, argued by @zachdcarter, is that the old New York machine, still smarting from AOC's win, is seeking payback & also trying, in the words of Mel Brooks, to preserve their phoney-baloney jobs. https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/entry/nancy-pelosi-has-lost-control_n_5d2cb605e4b032ea741220ad …

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    5. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 19 Jul 2019

      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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      Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 19 Jul 2019

      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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        1. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 19 Jul 2019

          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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        2. Franklin Harris‏ @FranklinH3000 19 Jul 2019
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          Trump pushes extreme policies. He doesn't get any of them except the ones he can get by executive fiat.

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        1. A Republic, if you can keep it‏ @GlennMorin10 19 Jul 2019
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          Waters down opposition of the only political power center the Democrats have. If she wants to tamp down base energy, it's a perfect plan. Otherwise, it's idiotic. You can see that way over here from the cheap seats.

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        1. James Blynt‏ @benjred 19 Jul 2019
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        1. MDS‏ @Sultan301 19 Jul 2019
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          Political Polarization within a society is a threat to civil peace social and economic progress. Moving towards the centre is the much needed remedy.

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        1. Forrest Chump‏ @ForrestChump_ 19 Jul 2019
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          She's also, notably, not the President. She is not an ideological pole unto herself that can take a case directly to voters, and even if she could, she's horribly unpopular anyway.

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        1. CattleCorn 🌹 🌻 Vote Green‏ @CattleCorn 19 Jul 2019
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          The planet’s future has no time for anything but huge government efforts, and the plight of the working class has no remedy but socialism. There is no way forward that compromises. It’s really all or nothing at this point.

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        2. 𝚍𝚒𝚎𝚝𝚠𝚊𝚕𝚍 𝚌𝚕𝚊𝚞𝚜 - ¡no pasarán!  🏴‏ @dietwaldclaus 19 Jul 2019
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          She trusts dem voters have nowhere to go?

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        3. Optimism is always the best strategy‏ @My2scentsworth 20 Jul 2019
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          She know electoral college determines election. She knows far left flipped no red districts in 2018. They only flipped left districts to far left districts. That’s not a recipe for winning Whitehouse in 2029z

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