First, the good news, at least for House Democrats. Instead of
running for the lifeboats to escape the debacle unfolding in Charlotte
in the next few weeks, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi has announced
an official “abandon ship“:
House minority leader Nancy Pelosi says that Democratic
members should stay home and campaign in their districts rather than go
to the party’s national convention in North Carolina.
“I’m not encouraging anyone to go to the convention, having nothing
to do with anything except I think they should stay home, campaign in
their districts, use their financial and political resources to help
them win their election,” Pelosi said in an exclusive interview for
POLITICO Live’s On Congress, a new weekly show to be streamed live on
POLITICO’s website and broadcast on NewsChannel 8 on Wednesdays. …
“We nominated a president last time. We have an incumbent President
of the United States. We’re very proud of him. There certainly will be
enough people there to express that pride, but I’m not encouraging
members to go to the convention no matter what the situation was,
because they can be home. It’s campaign time. It’s the first week in
September,” she said.
Read the rest here. And here's a fine image of how the Democrats are viewing the 2012 Presidential campaign:
