Subject: Pelosi
From: Brent Budowsky <[email-masked]>
To: John Podesta <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2015 17:16:21 -0400

BTW be very very very careful about HRC saying how she is all-in with Pelosi. Nancy's
game from the beginning was to be in on the fixed game.  She lost control of her
caucus 2/3 or whom were pissed off at the deal she cut, so she changed tactics.

I come out of the House Democratic leadership under 3 Democratic speakers as
well as working 6 years for Lloyd Bentsen.  I know how the game is played and I know
how the fix was in, because I helped fix games under some of the best such as Tip
and Jim Wright.

The Democratic base, labor union workers, liberals may not understand the nuances
and sophistication about how these fixes are done, but they are madder than hell
because they intuit this, they know they are getting a rotten deal, and I love Nancy
like a mother and have been one of her most devout supporters.....but there are 
reasons Democrats have been lobotomized in the House and if Hillary goes into the
election with negative ratings and lower trust she may back into the presidency if
the Republicans are bad enough, maybe not, but Dems don't have a snowballs
chance in hell of taking back the House....would be lucky with a 25% chance to
get back the Senate......and Hillary winning this way may be like Krushchev's line
about the living may envy dead and HRC may not be thrilled spending precious
years on her hands and knees moving further right under Speaker Boehner and
Majority Leader McConnell......

It is smart-ass fixes like we are seeing now on trade that make insiders feel clever
and make Democratic voters distrust Democratic politicians and stay home.......

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