re: #122 Wendya

She can twist all she wants but I doubt there are many blue dogs who will be willing to sacrifice their “career” over this. Nancy needs them… they don’t need her.

As wahabi pointed out, Nancy can threaten to withhold campaign funds and run challengers against them, not to mention refuse to endorse their reelection bids. And then there’s using the plethora, the veritable cornucopia, of House rules and regs to stop them from getting any earmarks added to bills, which hurts them back at home when they can not take credit for any pork going back to their districts.