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BREAKING: Pelosi will fight to stay
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| Contributor | J.R. |
| Last Edited | J.R. Nov 05, 2010 12:26pm |
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| News Date | Friday, November 5, 2010 06:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | For shell-shocked House Democrats who held on in tough districts Tuesday, a new nightmare is unfolding before their eyes: Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who acted as a drag on campaigns across the country, isn't letting go of power easily.
The fear of a return engagement as minority leader for the repudiated speaker — the prospect of another rout in 2012 and damage to President Barack Obama's re-election campaign — has prompted a slowly building phalanx of Democrats to disavow her potential bid.
But while a handful of moderates might want her gone, Pelosi still has strong support within the liberal base of the caucus, with many who would vote keep her in control.
Some Democratic lawmakers, speaking on the condition of anonymity, directly blame Pelosi for their losses after Republicans spent tens of millions of dollars tying incumbents to the wildly unpopular speaker in television advertisements.
"All I know was that I was at 55 percent, she was at 20 percent. You do the math," said one embittered Democrat who lost on Tuesday. |
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