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Pelosi prediction: 'I am going to be speaker' in '05 top Dem confident of return to majority
SFGate.com ^ | July 16, 2004 | Edward Epstein

Posted on 07/16/2004 10:42:39 AM PDT by ride the whirlwind

Washington -- House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi went out on a political limb Thursday, flatly predicting in the face of conventional political wisdom that her Democrats will win back control of the House in the Nov. 2 elections, making her the first female speaker in the country's history.

"We're putting our credibility on the line,'' the House minority leader from San Francisco told reporters at her weekly news conference in her Capitol offices. "I told you we are going to win. I told you that I am going to be speaker.

"If the election were held today, there would be no question but the Democrats would take back the House. We have to be on guard for the venom that the Republicans will pour into the races and, of course, the money that will accompany that. But we're ready to fight," she said.

Pelosi pointed toward the party's strong fund-raising, polls showing more Americans are ready to elect Democrats to Congress and the party's confidence in its presidential nominee, Sen. John Kerry of Massachusetts, as among the reasons she believes the party can pick up the 11 seats it needs to win back the House majority it lost in 1994.

Pelosi's optimism isn't shared by congressional analysts..........(snip)

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Seats Democrats view as winnable Here are some of the contests House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi and her colleagues believe they can win as they try to regain a majority in the House.

Texas, 32nd District: Four-term Republican Rep. Pete Sessions faces Democratic Rep. Martin Frost, his state's senior member, in this Dallas-area race in a new district, a majority of which came from Sessions' old area.

Illinois, 8th District: To win, Democrats have to beat longtime Republican Rep. Phil Crane, in his 18th term. Their candidate is business consultant Melissa Bean.

Georgia 12th District: Republican Rep. Max Burns is considered vulnerable. His district went heavily for Al Gore in 2000. (Democrats choose their candidate in a primary next month).

Colorado,7th District: Freshman Republican Rep. Bob Beauprez won by 121 votes. The Democrats think he can be beat by their candidate, Dave Thomas, a county district attorney.

Arizona, 1st District: GOP Rep. Rick Renzi faces Paul Babbitt, brother of former governor and Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt.

(Excerpt) Read more at sfgate.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: dreamer; pelosi; predictions; speakerofthehouse; ushouse
She is a dreamer.
1 posted on 07/16/2004 10:42:44 AM PDT by ride the whirlwind
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To: ride the whirlwind

"We're putting our credibility on the line,''

you have to have some before you can find some


2 posted on 07/16/2004 10:44:53 AM PDT by Rakkasan1 (Justice of the Piece)
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To: ride the whirlwind

BWAAAAAAAAAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Thanks for the humour break on a beautiful Friday afternoon.


3 posted on 07/16/2004 10:44:57 AM PDT by brothers4thID (We are going to take from you to provide for the common good)
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To: ride the whirlwind

Delusional.


4 posted on 07/16/2004 10:46:43 AM PDT by Destructor
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To: ride the whirlwind

blah blah blah


5 posted on 07/16/2004 10:46:53 AM PDT by erik22lax
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To: ride the whirlwind

This is another "Jeb is toast" moment.


6 posted on 07/16/2004 10:47:13 AM PDT by mlbford2 (Sorry for spelling errors, I'm a product of a state university)
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To: ride the whirlwind

delusional


7 posted on 07/16/2004 10:47:15 AM PDT by The Wizard (Democrats: enemies of America)
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To: ride the whirlwind

I told you that I am going to be speaker.

Saying and believing it does not make it happen. Credibility is needed and you have none.


8 posted on 07/16/2004 10:47:24 AM PDT by taxesareforever
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To: Rakkasan1

"We're putting our credibility on the line,''

Just like poker, it's easy to bet everything when you have nothing..


9 posted on 07/16/2004 10:47:26 AM PDT by IamConservative (A man who stands for nothing will fall for anything.)
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To: ride the whirlwind

More like a "tweeter" than a speaker.


10 posted on 07/16/2004 10:48:10 AM PDT by capt. norm (Rap is to music what the Etch-A-Sketch is to art.)
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To: IamConservative

The Democrats are "all in".


11 posted on 07/16/2004 10:48:19 AM PDT by mlbford2 (Sorry for spelling errors, I'm a product of a state university)
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To: ride the whirlwind
I told you that I am going to be speaker.

Oohhh... and won't that be fun.

What is it with this delusional beyotch anyway?

12 posted on 07/16/2004 10:49:29 AM PDT by Dead Corpse (For an Evil Super Genius, you aren't too bright are you?)
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To: ride the whirlwind

"I told you we are going to win. I told you that I am going to be speaker."

Voter fraud plan already in place?


13 posted on 07/16/2004 10:50:34 AM PDT by MontanaBeth (Conservative-says it all.)
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To: ride the whirlwind

Well let's be honest - the 'before' is really the now and the 'after' is pure fantasy.

14 posted on 07/16/2004 10:51:07 AM PDT by quantim (Victory is not relative, it is absolute.)
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To: ride the whirlwind

What has the Queen of Botox been smoking now?


15 posted on 07/16/2004 10:53:42 AM PDT by Arrowhead1952 (Flush the john/john rat ticket in 2004. #1 & #4 liberals in Congress.)
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To: ride the whirlwind

"We're putting our credibility on the line,'' the House minority leader from San Francisco told reporters at her weekly news conference in her Capitol offices. "I told you we are going to win. I told you that I am going to be speaker.

Don't worry Naaaaancy, when your and the democrats collective amnesia starts showing, we'll remember and
STICK YOUR NOSE right back in your "credibility".

Oh this is too good, what fun we'll have!


16 posted on 07/16/2004 10:56:09 AM PDT by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: ride the whirlwind

"I believein a one-world government run by the UN."

17 posted on 07/16/2004 10:56:33 AM PDT by Diogenesis ("Then I say unto you, send men to summon ... worms. And let us go to Fallujah to collect heads.")
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To: ride the whirlwind
"We're putting our credibility on the line,''

She's going to get it chopped off.

18 posted on 07/16/2004 10:57:58 AM PDT by DeFault User
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To: tet68
Carl Forti of the National Republican Congressional Committee said Pelosi was plain wrong.

"I wonder if her colleagues will re-elect her as minority leader if they find out they were misled," he said. "I have seen nothing from any nonpartisan source to change our opinion'' that the House will remain in GOP hands.

A bit of good news!

19 posted on 07/16/2004 10:58:32 AM PDT by ride the whirlwind
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To: capt. norm

"More like a "tweeter" than a speaker."

Woofer. Definitely a woofer.


20 posted on 07/16/2004 10:58:51 AM PDT by wyattearp (The best weapon to have in a gunfight is a shotgun - preferably from ambush.)
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To: ride the whirlwind
If the election were held today...

Well, it's not.And, no activist judges can make it happen.

21 posted on 07/16/2004 11:00:14 AM PDT by Puppage (You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to say it)
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To: ride the whirlwind

Botox fever.


22 posted on 07/16/2004 11:01:56 AM PDT by AmishDude
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To: ride the whirlwind

23 posted on 07/16/2004 11:01:58 AM PDT by spodefly (I can't handle the pressure to come up with interesting taglines for every post.)
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To: ride the whirlwind

Gephardt predicted he would be speaker again too. Where's he now?


24 posted on 07/16/2004 11:02:43 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: AmishDude
LOL

In part, the Democrats' problem this year is rooted in Texas, where the House delegation now is divided 16-16 between the two parties. But Republicans are widely expected to pick up five to seven seats under a new Texas redistricting plan.

Hurray for Texas (again)!

25 posted on 07/16/2004 11:04:10 AM PDT by ride the whirlwind
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To: ride the whirlwind
"We're putting our credibility on the line,''

What credibility? You can't bet what you don't have.

26 posted on 07/16/2004 11:04:46 AM PDT by My2Cents ("Well.....there you go again.")
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To: ride the whirlwind
Pelosi: "If the election were held today, there would be no question but the Democrats would take back the House."

This is just in as a very important breaking news:

The election will not be hold today. It will be on November 2nd 204. I repeat this extremely important breaking news, the election will not be hold today, it will be on November 2nd 2004."

The D in Democrat stands for Delusional, Dumb, and Defeated.

27 posted on 07/16/2004 11:04:51 AM PDT by jveritas
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To: ride the whirlwind
Separated at birth --


28 posted on 07/16/2004 11:06:49 AM PDT by My2Cents ("Well.....there you go again.")
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To: ride the whirlwind

"Speaker?" Of what? The dead?


29 posted on 07/16/2004 11:07:18 AM PDT by Reactionary
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To: Rakkasan1

Damn it, stole my line.

Anyhow, she's nuts. They have to gain 5 in non-Texas seats just to break even. No way in hell they are gonna gain the 20+ they need.


30 posted on 07/16/2004 11:07:38 AM PDT by zbigreddogz
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To: quantim

The pic on the right is cadaverous.


31 posted on 07/16/2004 11:08:01 AM PDT by My2Cents ("Well.....there you go again.")
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To: ride the whirlwind

If you're going to San Fran...Cisco...Be sure to where, some flowers in your hair.


32 posted on 07/16/2004 11:08:20 AM PDT by votelife (Calling abortion a women's issue is like calling war a men's issue!)
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To: mlbford2

I remember those 'Jeb is toast' moments.


Strangely, I also remember him getting 55%+ of the vote.

Wonder what happened?

LOL.


33 posted on 07/16/2004 11:10:54 AM PDT by zbigreddogz
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To: Rakkasan1

I think she that does not blink is confusing bo-tox with credibility once more.

Kinda the liberal version of "Hey Ya'll, Watch This!" which is normally followed by a frantic call to 911......(grin)


34 posted on 07/16/2004 11:11:29 AM PDT by Badeye ("The day you stop learning, is the day you begin dying")
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To: Diogenesis
Nancy Pelosi's brave public image:


Nancy Pelosi's private shame:
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35 posted on 07/16/2004 11:14:04 AM PDT by reagan_fanatic (Liberalism is the end result of too many people peeing in the gene pool.)
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To: ride the whirlwind
Oh oh. Todays expectations create tomorrow's resentments. She is going to be one pissed off hag
36 posted on 07/16/2004 11:17:38 AM PDT by paul51
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To: Diogenesis
GWB gets ready to squash Skeletor Pelosi!
37 posted on 07/16/2004 11:24:21 AM PDT by ItsOurTimeNow ("They got a pepper baaarrrrrr!")
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To: ride the whirlwind

She's getting coached by Terry mcAuliffe in the school of making embarassingly wrong predictions.


38 posted on 07/16/2004 11:28:38 AM PDT by finnman69 (cum puella incedit minore medio corpore sub quo manifestus globus, inflammare animos)
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To: ride the whirlwind

Gosh...will she resign if she's wrong?


39 posted on 07/16/2004 11:34:24 AM PDT by Recovering_Democrat (I'm so glad to no longer be associated with the Party of Dependence on Government!)
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To: ride the whirlwind

This is definitive proof that undergoing too many facelifts and tummy-tucks calcifies the brain.


40 posted on 07/16/2004 11:37:10 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Drug prohibition laws help fund terrorism.)
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To: Rakkasan1
By the way, welcome to Free Republic!

The following is no way to welcome a person but is illustrative of how Pelosi will look on the day after the election -


41 posted on 07/16/2004 11:43:14 AM PDT by ride the whirlwind
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To: ride the whirlwind

thank you. hey,isn't the one on the right the heaven's gate
freaky deeky purple Nikes guy?


42 posted on 07/16/2004 12:39:45 PM PDT by Rakkasan1 (Justice of the Piece)
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To: Rakkasan1

Sorry, I don't know.


43 posted on 07/16/2004 12:46:28 PM PDT by ride the whirlwind
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