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Should she decide to run, Hillary Clinton would be better prepared to assume the presidency than the current office holder, Barack Obama was, or even her own husband, Bill Clinton, said House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi. Appearing on CNN's "State of the Union" on Sunday, Pelosi was asked whether thinks Hillary Clinton will run for president in 2016. Polls have shown her a favorite in the Democratic race by a large margin. "I don't know, but I know that if she does she will win, and when she becomes president she will be one of the best-equipped, best-prepared people to...

President Obama -- under fire from Republicans and losing favor with his own party -- got a gushing review from House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi, who raved the embattled commander-in-chief was a "brilliant" and "eloquent" strategist. In an interview with Politico Thursday, the California lawmaker said GOP scorn was simple jealousy. “You know why it is. You know why it is," she sputtered. “He’s brilliant, … he thinks in a strategic way in how to get something done … and he’s completely eloquent. That’s a package that they don’t like.” The 26-year veteran likened the GOP vitriol to a snobbish...

The latest aftershock from the Massachusetts earthquake: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi just announced she doesn’t have the votes for the House to pass the Senate’s version of the health care bill. More to come…