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Crane
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« on: September 17, 2020, 09:51:26 PM »

I was just reading this article today. Remember in 2010 when Nancy Pelosi was seen as too liberal, and faced a Blue Dog leadership challenge? Shuler was basically a Republican who supported guns and opposed abortion and LGBT protections. Most who voted for him were conservative to some degree. Now, Pelosi's pretty much in the middle of the party, between centrist Dems and the party's emergent Left. Pretty interesting to see. America has changed and the Democratic Party has changed. And Trump/Q has replaced the Tea Party as the dominant radical force in the GOP, although there is probably some overlap.

http://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/11/17/house.leadership/index.html
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« Reply #1 on: September 17, 2020, 10:51:35 PM »

Now, Pelosi's pretty much in the middle of the party, between centrist Dems and the party's emergent Left. Pretty interesting to see.

I think this is a bit of an overstatement, Pelosi is very much further to the left than most of the party, especially the voters. She only appears to be more "moderate" because she's part of the leadership. Democratic voters are much more ideologically aligned with Biden, so Pelosi is to the left of the median Democratic voter.
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« Reply #2 on: September 17, 2020, 11:24:24 PM »

Yeah, but Boehner, Paul Ryan and Trump were Palin inventions after Tea Party revolt and the Rs arent the Nixon compassionate conservative party that started the EPA, they obstructed Garland started the very thing Rs accused FDR of doing CRT packing of activist R justices
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« Reply #3 on: September 17, 2020, 11:32:59 PM »

Pelosi is still to the left of your average democrat
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