Another problem for the Ds is a Gallup survey which shows only 31 percent of Americans self-identify as Democrats. Twenty nine percent self-identify as Republican, but those pesky independents - only 21 percent of whom enjoy the notion of Nancy Pelosi as Speaker - made the difference in the November elections.
If Steve Israel would promise to hold to the strategy of a two-year campaign promising the return of the Speaker's gavel to Nancy Pelosi, I will donate money to the DCCC for him to make those ads.