Pelosi: Democrats 'absolutely' will retain the House in 2010

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http://thehill.com/homenews/house/118833-pelosi-dems-absolutely-will-retain-the-house

Democrats will “absolutely” retain the House this fall, Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said Tuesday.

Pelosi struck the upbeat tone before the first meeting of her Democratic caucus in the House since before a brutal August recess for Pelosi’s party. New polls released over the break suggest Democrats could lose this House this fall.

But Pelosi said Democrats would draw a clear contrast with Republicans and hold on to the House. She criticized the GOP as wanting to take the country back to the “failed” economy of the Bush years.

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Democrats believe they received good news Tuesday night from GOP primary voters in Delaware, who backed Tea Party movement favorite Christine O’Donnell over Rep. Mike Castle (R-Del.) as their candidate. Castle was seen as the favorite in the general election, while polls suggested O’Donnell could lose to a Democrat.

[gratuitous]

1. And they'll hold the Senate

I've been saying it for months. Welcome to the party, Ms. Pelosi.

[bushisanidiot]

2. And we need to ABSOLUTELY get our asses out to vote to ensure

that that happens!

[WillParkinson]

3. Dear Ms. Pelosi...

If the Democrats would have kept their eye on the prize and moved forward with the agenda they promised we wouldn't even be having this discussion.

They made a lot of promises to the people. They got elected. Then they seemed to just roll over for the Republicans and their ambitious agenda went down the tubes for the most part.

IF the Democrats do lose they will have no one to blame but themselves. They had the chance and refused to capitalize on it.

[scheming daemons]

4. Nancy and the House *DID* move that agenda forward... stuff got stalled in the Senate

But the House, for the most part, did its job.

[flamingdem]

6. +1

[WillParkinson]

7. Perhaps, but...

Democrats did not create a solid coalition amongst themselves. The House may have done their part, but the Senate could not retain the momentum. And many Democrats (some of them in-name-only) actively worked against the party.

[smiley_glad_hands]

8. This is a bogus post, you can have my pony though. eom

[lonestarnot]

5. Voting it up for title alone!