Nancy Pelosi has come to the White House to talk about the campaign.
B: It looks like we’ve done it!
P: Done what?
B: Turned it around! The latest projections even give us a decent chance of holding the House.
P: We haven’t done much of anything, except benefit from lower gas prices and lots of headlines about Trump. Oh, and lots of lousy Republican candidates. And abortion, of course.
B: Maybe we should send Alito flowers. He’s done more than anyone else except Trump to help us out here.
P: The Republicans don’t seem to understand that America doesn’t really agree with them about anything except inflation. They’re better off when they’re the dog that can’t catch the car.
B: What do you think of the McCarthy agenda?
P: The fake one or the real one?
B: The fake one. We know the real one is to burn it down.
P: It’s certainly interesting that it doesn’t say anything meaningful about abortion, or Russia, or inflation.
B: It’s just a bunch of soothing malarkey intended to persuade America that the GOP doesn’t really want to burn it down, which, of course, it does. At least the extremists do, and McCarthy will do anything they say in order to be Speaker.
P: Let’s hope it doesn’t come to that. I’m too old to be the Minority Leader again.
B: What should we do in the meantime?
P: Two things. First, talk about how the Republicans want to take away your constitutional rights. That includes, but isn’t limited to, abortion. Second, emphasize everything we’ve accomplished in the last year or so–including infrastructure, climate change mitigation funding, and legislation protecting us from the Chinese threat–and point out the lack of GOP solutions to inflation.
B: No matter what they say today, they’ll want a tax cut if they win, because that’s what they do, regardless of the circumstances.
P: Yeah, and look at how well that’s going over in the UK. Not that the Republicans care. For them, tax cuts for the rich are a kind of religion.
B: Well, let’s just hope we don’t have any unexpected drama between now and November. I’m guessing the polls are right this time. I feel pretty good about where we are.
P: Me, too, but you never know until it’s over. (She leaves)