Money! The Democratic Party leaders loves, loves, loves that money.

Fundraising ability is why Pelosi and Schumer got re-elected to leadership positions despite years of catastrophically bad election results.

Which is why this news is important.



The Democratic National Committee had its worst May since 2003, raising just $4.3 million dollars as it struggles to rebound from a series of election defeats, according to Federal Election Commission data.

The last time May fundraising was lower was in 2003, when the DNC raised just $2.7 million...

April brought in $4.9 million, making it the worst fundraising April for the DNC since 2009.

It's one thing not to win elections. Democrats will tolerate losing.

But not being able to bring in the big bucks? That's a problem!

If you can't bring in the cash then what good are you?

And it gets worse.

In contrast, the Republican National Committee raised more than double, notching $10.8 million in May, a record-high amount for an off-year.

Despite a cash advantage, Democrat Jon Ossoff lost Tuesday's special election for a Georgia House seat in the most expensive race in history, costing at least $40 million dollars.

The Ossoff disaster seems to be the crack in the dam. No longer is it just the grassroots who are demanding change.



It was in the meeting with Mr. Luján that Mr. Cárdenas, a member of the Democratic leadership, brought up Ms. Pelosi’s role in the Georgia race, calling it “the elephant in the room.” Ms. Pelosi was not present.

...Representative Tim Ryan of Ohio, who tried to unseat Ms. Pelosi as House minority leader late last fall, said she remained a political millstone for Democrats. But Mr. Ryan said the Democratic brand had also become “toxic” in much of the country because voters saw Democrats as “not being able to connect with the issues they care about.”

“Our brand is worse than Trump,” he said.

"I think the problem is we have not come up with an agenda and then we need a strategy to communicate it. We can't just be against something."

- Rep. Bill Pascrell, D-N.J

The Democratic Party needs new leadership now. If elected, I will not vote for Nancy Pelosi for speaker. Time to move forward and win again. — Joe Cunningham (@JoeCunninghamSC) June 21, 2017

It's wrong and misses the point to put this all on Pelosi, but at the same time Pelosi is where you must start.

On Wednesday, some Democratic members of Congress publicly voiced concerns about Pelosi, raising the specter of a leadership challenge. “I think you’d have to be an idiot to think we could win the House with Pelosi at the top,” Rep. Filemon Vela, a Texas Democrat, told Politico. “Nancy Pelosi is not the only reason that Ossoff lost, but she certainly is one of the reasons.”

Who knows? Once the leadership loses their jobs and reform starts, the reform process might get serious.