"Don't work for Joe:" Pelosi and Hoyer?

[George K]

https://nypost.com/2020/11/15/house-leaders-urge-dems-not-to-join-team-biden-to-maintain-majority/

Confronted with a shrunken majority, House leaders are discouraging fellow Democrats from taking jobs with the incoming Biden administration — out of concern that Republicans could nab any vacated seats, sources told The Post on Sunday.

Insiders variously accused House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) of urging Dems to stay put to preserve their fragile majority.

“Nancy is telling House members, ‘Now is not the time to leave,'” said a Democratic Party official who’s been briefed by Democratic congressional reps.

But another House insider said House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) is urging Democratic congressional reps to stay put, and told the Biden transition team not to poach its members because of the party’s slim majority following the Nov. 3 elections.

The sensitive topic of jumping ship to work for Biden after the loss of House seats came up at a House Democratic caucus meeting last week.

“It’s not helpful to talk about that,” a member of Democratic leadership reportedly said on the call regarding House Dems wanting to relinquish their seats and work for Biden.

“The feeling is: Don’t make rash decisions about going to the administration without first considering consequences to the caucus,” a Democratic insider familiar with the call said.

The “zeitgeist” of the Democratic House leadership is that their majority is “razor thin,” the source said.

Also, if you look at the link, there's a photo of Pelosi and Hoyer...unmasked and not "socially-distant."

In fairness, I can't see when that photo was taken.

[George K]

Also, if Fauxahontas and Bernie get cabinet appointments, the Republican governors of their states appoint (until a special election is held) their replacements.

Wouldn't that be a hoot.

[Mik]

Bernie's going nowhere. The Democrats won't want anything to do with him. Warren could, but I don't think she will.

[LuFins Dad]

214 is actually in reach...

[George K]

@LuFins-Dad said in "Don't work for Joe:" Pelosi and Hoyer?:

214 is actually in reach...

Really? I haven't been paying that much attention.

[Loki]

@Mik said in "Don't work for Joe:" Pelosi and Hoyer?:

Bernie's going nowhere. The Democrats won't want anything to do with him. Warren could, but I don't think she will.

I saw Bernie yesterday on one of 5he Sunday am shows. He so much as said he’d be labor secretary if asked.

[Mik]

He won’t be asked.

[LuFins Dad]

@George-K said in "Don't work for Joe:" Pelosi and Hoyer?:

@LuFins-Dad said in "Don't work for Joe:" Pelosi and Hoyer?:

214 is actually in reach...

Really? I haven't been paying that much attention.

We'll use CNN because, ehh, why not. They need the clicks.

https://www.cnn.com/election/2020/results/house

Currently, they have the Dems at 219 and the Republicans at 205.

Republicans have strong leads that should hold up in: CA-21, CA-39, NY-2, NY-11, NY-22, and UT-4.

That's 211. LA-5 is going to a runoff between two Republicans. That's 212.

They are essentially tied in CA-25 and Iowa-2. Republicans have slight leads but by well under 100 votes... Could go either way.

Nancy has no margin to work with...

[George K]

@LuFins-Dad said in "Don't work for Joe:" Pelosi and Hoyer?:

Nancy has no margin to work with.

And she knows it.

Wow. I wasn't aware of the other races. I knew it was going to be tight, but this tight?

[Larry mode] If the GOP wins the House, Impeach 46! [/Larry mode]

[jon-nyc]

Usually administrations themselves are careful about who they pluck and consider the party of the governor who would make the interim appointment and the party’s chances in a special election.

[LuFins Dad]

@George-K said in "Don't work for Joe:" Pelosi and Hoyer?:

@LuFins-Dad said in "Don't work for Joe:" Pelosi and Hoyer?:

Nancy has no margin to work with.

And she knows it.

Wow. I wasn't aware of the other races. I knew it was going to be tight, but this tight?

[Larry mode] If the GOP wins the House, Impeach 46! [/Larry mode]

The biggest problem for the moderates is that they are the ones that pay for the extremes. AOC, Omar, Talib, Pelosi, Presley, et al are safe. They can be as out there as they want and they will win re-election over and over. It’s the moderates that pay the price... I wouldn’t be durprised to see the Blue Dog Coalition shrink to under 15 members...