Pelosi on Obama: 'We have his back'

[kpete]

Source: Politico

Pelosi on Obama: 'We have his back'
By PATRICK O'CONNOR | 2/5/09 5:40 PM EST Updated: 2/5/09 6:23 PM EST

WILLIAMSBURG, Va. — As whispers of tension between the White House and congressional Democrats cloud negotiations over the stimulus, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) reassured her rank and file Thursday that they remain President Barack Obama's "most enthusiastic supporters."

"We have his back," Pelosi told a roomful of Democrats at the party's annual retreat at the Kingsmill Resort and Spa, according to people in the room.

The speaker also pledged "to work in a bipartisan way" before complaining that Republican ideas "take us in the wrong direction."

Her remarks won loud applause from the assembled lawmakers, according to one participant.



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[liberalmuse]

1. If she puts her money where her mouth is...

her approval rating just might climb, and I might stop my favorite past time of getting very frustrated with her.

[NOW tense]

3. Agreed

put your money where your mouth is. By the way she needs to start sending some people to talk on the networks.

[kywildcat]

10. oooooo-what you just wrote!!! Me Too!!

[knixphan]

12. me too too!

[Demeter]

11. I'm Waiting for Nancy to Put Down the Knife, and Maybe Set That Table, Finally

[goclark]

18. Let's not hold our breath ~ wish Boxer was the Speaker

[davidinalameda]

19. you know that Boxer is a senator

and can't be speaker of the house, right?

[goclark]

26. Yes I know but I just want her in charge of whatever would

give her more power ~ she needs to be the front and center spokesperson.

She is not getting enough air time and I'm tired of looking at the same tired people speak for us.

[begin_within]

2. That kind of sounds like a threat, more than a statement of support

[EFerrari]

5. This is the same woman who was going to use the Petraeus Report

to hang Bush.

She has no credibility whatsoever.

[Mind_your_head]

4. yeah, I trust nancy as far as I can throw her....which wouldn't be very far.

She's a HUGE dissappointment.

[smalll]

17. But she does look rather petite. Don't misunderestimate your throwing skills. /nt

[Ian David]

6. Pelosi has his back, I'm sure. So she'll know where to put the knife. n/t

[Hawkeye-X]

7. Are you ignoring the knife in the back Pelosi?

Cuz if you are, you're complicit.

[redirish28]

8. Sorry but why do I see her putting the figurative knife in it. She and Reid have

not done anything to show they have the "balls" to back up the words.

[nc4bo]

9. GOOMH, that was my first thought. nt

[Enrique]

14. she passed the stimulus bill in the House

and Harry Reid will likely pass it in the Senate.

And the Senate has rejected every amendment the republicans offered so far.

[and-justice-for-all]

13. You better Pelosi!!!

Republican ideas "take us in the wrong direction." -- Please remember that and repeat to yourself through out the day!!!

[Harry Monroe]

15. And why does that statement not comfort me??

If Pelosi "has your back", you've better be looking for the knife she is about to stick into it!! I hope Obama has enough sense to "watch his back" where Pelosi is concerned as she has bent to the Republican's will once too many times for me!!

[volstork]

16. Word to the wise, Mr. President:

WATCH YOUR BACK!

[Golden Raisin]

20. If I were President Obama

I wouldn't turn my back on Pelosi. She symbolizes everything wrong about the insular Beltway power structure that I had hoped voting for Obama would change. Her performance during the Bush years was disgraceful and wretched.

[No Elephants]

21. "We have his back." Pelosi to English translation: "Sleep with one eye open, Mr. President."

[No Elephants]

22. P.S. I never knew the Democratic Party had an annual retreat. In Congress,

they waste our tax dollars. At the Kingsmill Resort and Spa, they waste our DNC donations?

[jody]

23. Is the mission of Dem congress-critters to seek compromise with Rep or to defend the president?

Have previous parties in congresses blindly supported or opposed a president rather than trying to serve their constituents by reaching a compromise?

[Vinca]

24. Watch Nancy - don't let her remove his spine! nt

[bdamomma]

25. Talk is cheap Nancy you better mean it!!!