an anonymous democrat congressman, too smart to be named, told john fund of wsj, concerning nancy's insistence on going forward saturday, after what happened this week: "it reminds me of major nicholson, the obsessed british major in the film 'bridge on the river kwai,' she is fixated on finishing her health care bridge even as she's lost sight of where it's going and what damage it could cause to her own troops"
The Madness of Queen Nancy - WSJ.com
jobs numbers come out tomorrow, for example, and the vote is "scheduled" to occur saturday
the speaker's claim that tuesday was a "win" strikes some in her caucus as "happy talk"
she's "delusional," they imply
liberal lion bill pascrell: "people who had weak knees before are going to have weaker knees now"
parker griffith: the 49 dems who won office in districts taken by mccain are "very, very sensitive" to the fact that leadership's actions have "the potential to cost some of our front line members their seats"
gerry connally, chair of house freshmen: "what the exit polls showed was real voter fatigue with how crowded the plate is, we need to take a deep breath, step back and clean the plate before we add to it"
pelosi and hoyer openly ADMIT they don't have 218, but they intend to get there by day after tomorrow
what they don't understand is, even if they get 218 they will still be losing almost TWENTY PERCENT of their party
and that's in the house where leadership leverages terrifying threats over its members
20% loss in lower house spells DOOM in the far more individualized upper
think, observe for yourself
that's what broder does, the dean
even markos of the kos, very strong willed
ie, THAT's the problem
