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| Last Edited | ArmyDem Oct 22, 2006 12:07pm |
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| News Date | Monday, October 23, 2006 06:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | The GOP says she's a loony lefty, and she is, in fact, unabashedly liberal. But she's also a pol, and may just become Madam Speaker.
By Karen Breslau, Eleanor Clift and Daren Briscoe
Newsweek
Oct. 23, 2006 issue - Nancy Pelosi walks out of an airport the way others might flee a burning building. A car is waiting outside and the California congresswoman, straining under the weight of a suitcase, a fold-over bag and a pile of newspapers, cannot reach it quickly enough. Behind her, two young aides are having a hard time keeping up with their 66-year-old boss—if only because both of them are attempting to navigate their way through the concourse while furiously typing into their BlackBerrys at the same time.
There are only a few weeks left before the midterm elections, and for Pelosi, the few minutes it takes to walk from the gate to the exit are wasted time. Time that could be spent memorizing the names and faces of the 200 people she's about to meet, or squeezing donors for last-minute contributions that will enable Pelosi to reach her ultimate goal: winning the 15 seats Democrats need to take control of the House. If they do, Pelosi, the House minority leader since 2002, will rise to Speaker of the House. She'll be the first Democrat to hold the job in 12 years. And the first woman, ever.
The chances look pretty good. Current polls show Democrats could win 25 or more House seats. But Pelosi's strategy seems to be to campaign as if she doesn't believe it. Her own district in bluest of blue San Francisco is safe, so she spends most of her time on the road scrounging votes—and cash—for others. In a typical week she touches down in five cities in four days, a blur of restaurant fund-raisers and quieter, one-on-one appeals. |
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