News Analysis
Even many who dislike Nancy Pelosi and her politics admit she knows how to lead, cultivate consensus, persuade, network, and intimidate to get things done.
Enemies and opponents of the former House Speaker also concede she can raise money—lots of money.
No one in the history of the Democratic Party has brought cash like Pelosi.
According to PunchBowl News, in the two decades that Nancy Pelosi was the leader of Democrats in the House, she raised a mountain of money—$1.6 billion.
Pelosi has a long and deep network of influential and wealthy personal, professional, and political people across all sectors of society to whom she reached out and solicited for the fuel and force that wins elections….