dems. p pelosi has been all over. and warren. repeating some mistakes made already? is sexism creaming in to the coverage? joining me now, three cnn commentators including one who is making her debut today. karen, welcome. she s been a part of several campaigns including stacey abram s bid in georgia. also joining me, simon and jerome pfeiffer. karen, what are you concerned about or keeping a close eye on on the news coverage of the dems taking control of the house and beginning 2020?
you even mentioned that in some cases some of these people who have publically criticized her in order to perhaps get some of the vote that they want had actually taken donations from her. is that right? that s absolutely right. i think there s basically a pitch being made from pelosi allies to these candidates that, look, you can vote against her privately in the caucus. this is a secret vote. she only needs a majority of the democrats to get the nomination to be speaker. then you can return to your districts and say, listen, i voted against her. then democrats, they chose pelosi, and now i have to back the democrat for speaker. see, i don t think that s going to play. i think that a lot of these people, if they end up doing that and coming to washington even after saying new leadership and end up voting for pelosi, you can bet that that is the first ad republicans are going to cut against them next election cycle, and they re going to be really vulnerable for that. i spoke with d
he said she s a master at what she does, and i asked him to explain. watch. nancy pelosi is a tough competitor. she comes from a political family from the wards of baltimore. her father was mayor. her brother was mayor. i asked her once i on one of my ax files what she learned by growing up in that family. she said i lesarned how to coun, and so i think she knows how to count votes, and she knows how to count votes in precincts, and she knows how to count votes in the house. i would not count her out. is that the consensus among those that have worked closely with pelosi? yeah, absolutely. consider this. last year democrats were supposed to take the house, or last election cycle. there was a lot of talk amongst democrats about ousting pelosi when they did not. 63 people voted against her privately in a secret ballot election, but by the time they actually came to the house floor, only four of them voted against her. she was able to twist that many
dropping nearly $90 million in ads demonizing pell oosi. as they go door to door in this kansas town i m out here walking for steve watkins. watkins acknowledges that pelosi is not the only issue motivating voters. i would say one out of every four people who bring up control of congress out of those people, one of four bring up pelosi. now, the race may ultimately come down to character. now, watkins has faced questions about whether he inflated his resume, something he denies, while davis has faced gop attacks about a 1998 incident where he was at a strip club raided by police. now, he wasn t charged with a crime, but he did tell me i was at the wrong place at the wrong time. he said voters are tired of sleazy ads to the tune of $12 million on both sides in the key house district.
that pelosi is not the only issue motivating voters. i would say one out of every four people who bring up control of congress, that those people, one out of four, bring up pelosi. the race may ultimately come down to character. watkins faced questions about whether he inflated his residency, something he denies while davis faced gop attacks when he was at a strip club that was raided by police. davis told me i was at the wrong place at the wrong time. he said voters at his district are tired of those sleazy ads to the tune of $12 million on both sides on issues beyond just nancy pelosi. john? thank you very much. it is a big step forward for marijuana as medicine. the first drug made from cannabis, how it is helping some children in need. that s next. plus conway versus conway. one couple, two very different