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NPR did a great series of pieces on this. http://www.npr.org/sections/money/2012/03/30/149648666/senator-by-day-telemarketer-by-night http://www.npr.org/sectio

NPR did a great series of pieces on this. http://www.npr.org/sections/money/2012/03/30/149648666/senator-by-day-telemarketer-by-night http://www.npr.org/sections/money/2012/03/30/149648666/senat... http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/461/transcript http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/461/t... Here's a quote illustrating how much time fundrasing takes away from their normal job... Andrea Seabrook How many fundraisers do you typically go to in a given week, do you think? Nancy Pelosi A lot. Yeah. Either on the phone or attending events. But I think they've said this year I attended almost 400 fundraisers in nearly 40 cities. Andrea Seabrook That's 400 for the year 2011. That's more than one a day, every day of the year, Saturdays and Sundays included.

aetherson 11y ago
Nancy Pelosi has an incredibly safe seat in a district that would literally sooner die than elect a Republican, and enough power within the Democratic party to turn any challenger from the left into a greasy oil stain. Let me suggest that if she's going to 400 fundraisers per year, it's not because she's forced to at the expense of what she'd rather be doing. EDIT: And here's in fact the bit right before the part you quoted: "This is Nancy Pelosi, the top Democrat in the House. She's also the Democratic Party's number one fundraiser. Pelosi has raised hundreds of millions of dollars over the years. Close to $40 million in this election alone." To wit: she's not representative, she's in fact the very extreme.
- pquerna 11y ago
  Nacy Pelosi isn't attending 400 fundraisers for herself -- she is doing it for the Democratic party and other candidates. Holding a single 'safe' seat in the House is not that important, but electing a few dozen more party members can make a difference, hence the crazy fundraising schedule.
  - paulydavis 11y ago
    She fund raises for the others to stay in the leadership not to stay in office. Poor questions from NPR.

aetherson 11y ago

Nancy Pelosi has an incredibly safe seat in a district that would literally sooner die than elect a Republican, and enough power within the Democratic party to turn any challenger from the left into a greasy oil stain. Let me suggest that if she's going to 400 fundraisers per year, it's not because she's forced to at the expense of what she'd rather be doing. EDIT: And here's in fact the bit right before the part you quoted: "This is Nancy Pelosi, the top Democrat in the House. She's also the Democratic Party's number one fundraiser. Pelosi has raised hundreds of millions of dollars over the years. Close to $40 million in this election alone." To wit: she's not representative, she's in fact the very extreme.

pquerna 11y ago
Nacy Pelosi isn't attending 400 fundraisers for herself -- she is doing it for the Democratic party and other candidates. Holding a single 'safe' seat in the House is not that important, but electing a few dozen more party members can make a difference, hence the crazy fundraising schedule.
- paulydavis 11y ago
  She fund raises for the others to stay in the leadership not to stay in office. Poor questions from NPR.