GOP candidates run against “Speaker Pelosi”
They’re running scared. GOP candidates around the country who helplessly fear the backlash building against their party are resorting to trying to scare their consituents by negatively portraying a Democratic takeover of Congress. Their attacks focus on “San Francisco liberal” Nancy Pelosi, who would be Speaker of the House.
I’m not crazy about Pelosi, but it’s amusing to watch GOP candidates suffering from a “bankruptcy of ideas,” as she puts it. They have nothing else to talk about, cannot defend their party’s or their president’s priorities, and therefore have no choice but to make Pelosi a “boogeywoman.”
I think most sensible people won’t be fooled, though. As one conservative voter in North Carolina says of his Democratic candidate, “I say Heath Shuler is a man with his own mind made up.” If he needed to vote with Nancy Pelosi, he would vote. If he had to vote against [Pelosi], he would. That’s the reason I would vote for him.”
Can we stick to the issues instead of fearmongering?
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