Posted on 11/04/2010 4:57:59 PM PDT by Scythian
In the wake of Tuesday's shellacking, outgoing Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-CA, has been widely expected to step down as the Democratic leader and leave Congress.
Not so fast.
High-level Democratic sources in the House tell ABC News Pelosi is seriously considering staying in Congress and running for the position of minority leader.
Pelosi is methodically calling every Democratic House member who won on Tuesday, as well as many who lost, sources tell ABC News. In the process, she is weighing her options and gauging her support.
Some of Pelosi's closest allies are encouraging her to stay and to lead the Democratic effort to win back their majority. Those encouraging her are arguing, in part, that she can unify the progressives in the caucus, and more importantly, that nobody in the House can raise money for the next campaign better than Pelosi.
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1) Obama doesn’t get it.
2) Pelosi doesn’t get it.
2012 is looking better and better ...
Oh, please have her stay. I can’t think of anything better than Reid and Pelosi still being the faces of the Dems in Congress.
Old, white, and rich will play even worse in 2012 for the Dems.
Obama, Pelosi and Reid are the unholy Democrat trinity.
Obamacare, socialism and raising your taxes.
I hope so!
If the DNC were smart they’d run her in ‘12 instead of Obama.
;)
Yep...
The Dummies are stupid enough to remind the people in 2012 WHY they vote Repubs into office.
Go on Dums KEEP Nasty NAN as your leader.
Narcissism.
I say go for it!!
I can’t imagine anyone on the dem side that raises my blood pressure and resolve more.
they might now want her and she may not have a choice in the matter.
Why break up the trifecta now? You have O’Bama, Reid still in power so Nance might as well hang on also. Give the same targets as in the last election. Leadership is still same so the opponents can just change the dates on the next round of advertising.
LOL, great metaphore, her victoms are the democrats that lost their re-election bids, can you beleive the article says she’s calling those that lost. I doubt that very much, she’d get an earful, she cost them thier lucrative do nothing jobs ...
She’s keeping the 757!!!
GOOD! I hope like hell she stays!
She is more polarizing than Gingrich was(rightly or wrongly).
I think she has something like an 8, or 13% favorable rating with the public.
...’tis a consummation devoutly to be wished....
Is this SERIES? Is she holding out for a payoff from someone or what???????????
She can’t bear the thought of being without power. She reminds me of Murk the Jerk in Alaska.
They would be smart to kick her to the curb while she is down, but they aren’t very sharp!
The Black Knight always triumphs!
Do it! Do it!
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