Pelosi sent a letter to Democrats on Friday afternoon asking for their thoughts on when to hold leadership elections in November, with the addendum: “Happily, we anticipate a large freshman class.”
Democrats are salivating over the kind of progressive agenda they’d pursue with a Speaker Pelosi, Majority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York and President Hillary Clinton. Several Democratic sources told POLITICO the wish list would likely include billions of dollars for infrastructure spending, potentially an overhaul of immigration laws, and bipartisan fixes to Obamacare.
If Democrats do take the House, Republicans would immediately be heavy favorites to win it back two years later; lower-turnout midterm elections typically lean conservative. That might make it all the more tempting for Democrats to go for broke while they have the chance.
Publicly, Democrats are trying to curb their enthusiasm, warning there’s plenty of time between now and the election for the landscape to shift and that it’s not time to start popping the champagne yet.
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