November 7, 2014
The disappearance and defeat of moderate legislators will make governing next year all the more difficult–something congressional leaders ought to keep in mind as they strategize for the next Congress. There’s a lot of finger-pointing going on inside the Democratic Party. Rep. Rosa DeLauro of Connecticut, a member of the House Democratic leadership and a supporter of Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, said Thursday that the midterm elections were “focused around President Obama. And it was not decided on a House of Representatives strategy. We had base voters who were disappointed in the President and who did not come out.”Please click here to read the full article.