Pelosi on Democrats who criticize her: 'I just want them to win'

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http://voices.washingtonpost.com/44/2010/09/nancy-pelosi-i-just-want-them.html?wprss=44

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) says she doesn't care that Democrats are running away from her as they campaign furiously in the lead-up to the November elections. She just wants them to win.

In an interview with Judy Woodruff on PBS's "NewsHour" on Thursday, Pelosi defended Democrats who are openly criticizing her leadership:

(snip)
PELOSI: That's their record. We don't have -- sometimes Washington gets used to a rubber stamp Congress, which was the very homogenous Congress of the Republican. We're very diverse in opinion, gender, generation, geography, philosophy ... and some members did not vote for some of the bills, and that's their record, and that's what they go out and say. I just want them to win. They know their districts; they are great communicators, very eloquent communicators to their own constituents, and they are the --will be the independent representatives. I say to them, 'Your job description and your title are one and the same: Representative.' So they run on who they are. They don't run on -- and what this is about, again, it just takes it to the middle class. It's not about me; it's about the middle class. They know that. That's what unites us.

(snip)
The full interview airs Thursday night on PBS.

[sharp_stick]

1. Good for her n/t

[OHdem10]

2. I love Nancy, but I believe this has been a serious mistake.

She should never let anyone diss her. To onlookers
this is dis-edifying.

[old mark]

3. She is a great Speaker, and a great Rep. She deserves our support. nt

[Richardo]

4. Well said, Nancy - a 'small-d' democrat as well as a Democrat.

:patriot: