(Melina Mara/The Washington Post)Nancy Pelosi clearly wants to be speaker again, and she's on the cusp of reclaiming that perch. First it was her repeated admonitions that the GOP's tax cuts amounted to “crumbs” for the middle class — a talking point that has clearly given her Democratic colleagues agita because of its elitist overtones. Nancy Pelosi asked if Dems win majority would she raise taxes. And Pelosi may argue that her “that's accurate” comment was about rolling back certain tax cuts rather than "raise taxes." Most any politician knows that when you are asked whether you want to “raise taxes,” the next word out of your mouth probably shouldn't be “yes.” You talk around it.

Source: Washington Post May 08, 2018 17:52 UTC