Nancy Pelosi: I actually helped my party win as well as it did. It's all Bush's fault.

Nancy - Of course the Democratic party did not lose because of you, only - Barack H. played a role.  The unemployment figures - yes, but only in so far as it made you (in the airforce jet) look and appear aloof, out of touch, along with Barack H and his Broadway shows.

Out of touch.

Stay around and lose worse in 2012.

And your members are not all behind you, or rather, maybe Ms Pelosi, you should ensure no one is behind you - they may have daggers! 



November 12, 2010

Pelosi: ‘We Didn’t Lose Because of Me’


By Patrick O'Connor

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says she has the “overwhelming support” of fellow Democrats in her bid to become minority leader in the next Congress, and says she’s not to blame for the Democrats’ mid-term debacle.

“We didn’t lose the election because of me,” Ms. Pelosi told National Public Radio in an interview that aired Friday morning. “Our members do not accept that.”

Instead, the California Democrat attributes the loss of at least 60 seats to high unemployment and “$100 million of outside, unidentified funding.”

“Any party that cannot turn (9.5% unemployment) into political gains should hang up the gloves,” she said.

The NPR interview is one of the first Ms. Pelosi has granted since a small-but-growing number of Democrats began publicly lamenting her decision to seek the top job in the minority. That list even includes some loyal allies, such as Ohio Rep. Tim Ryan.

Among those rooting for Ms. Pelosi to stick around are Republicans, who are giddy at the prospect of reprising in 2012 the attacks they used in the past election cycle, tying Democratic incumbents around the country to the liberal from San Francisco.

Ms. Pelosi’s reply: Bring it on. “The reason they had to take me down is because I’ve been effective in fighting special interests in Washington, D.C.,” Ms. Pelosi said, citing the health insurance and financial services industries. “I’m effective. They had to take me out. I’m also the most significant attractor to support for the Democrats.”

“So, I’m not looking back on this,” Ms. Pelosi said. “They asked me to run, I’m running. We don’t let the Republicans choose our leaders, and again, our members understand, they made me a target because I’m effective, politically and policy-wise.”





 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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