“We’re leaving this weekend stronger and more united than we were coming in”, said Rep. Ben Ray Lujan, D-N.M., chairman of the Democratic campaign committee, who added that the party has a “foundation to build from as opposed to tearing that apart”.
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The Vice President called House Speaker Paul Ryan a “lovely guy” but he said the budget he drafted was “a gift” to Democrats because it allows them to show a contrast, mentioning the proposed cuts to education and Medicaid.
“I think that history will be very kind to this president and will shine a bright smile on him”, Kelly said.
President Barack Obama on Thursday assured his most fervent supporters on Capitol Hill the “Democrats will win in November” and said it’s going to take more than “phony tough talk and bluster” to defeat Islamic militants.
“It’s election season, the press has been focused on debates and divisions they can drum up within the primary and within our party”, Obama said to House Democrats at their policy retreat in Baltimore. “And we will have a Democratic president succeeding me – just in case there’s any confusion about that”.
Biden has never hid his feelings about Trump, calling his immigration message “sick” over the summer and railing against the Republican candidate’s plan to bar Muslims from entering the country. “As Democrats”, he said, “we believe in science-I know it’s a radical proposition”. There are 188 Democrats in the House, compared to 257 when he arrived at the White House, and the Democrats’ chances of regaining control in the near future are slim.
“Sometimes I get a little frustrated that we don’t run back the tapes to what Republicans said back then when predicting his policies wouldn’t work, Obama said”.
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Republicans have more seats to defend, 24 to the Democrats’ 10, and many of those GOP seats are in states President Barack Obama won, including Illinois, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and Ohio. Bernie Sanders and former Sec. of State Hillary Clinton. House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi of California on Friday praised the long-shot candidacy of Vermont Sen.
