Illinois Rep. Cheri Bustos is not in any danger of losing her safely Democratic House seat, despite Nancy Pelosi's alarmist rhetoric, writes Nathan Gonzales. (Al Drago/CQ Roll Call file photo)
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi still believes Democrats have a chance to take back the majority, but she’s somehow simultaneously worried about her colleague from Illinois losing re-election in a safe race.
“I’m sorry to email you so late, but I’m not sleeping,” Pelosi wrote in a Sept. 19 mass email. “Cheri Bustos has a PUBLIC fundraising deadline in just 2 weeks — and right now she’s WAY behind her ‘minimum’ fundraising goal.”