Pelosi Says She Feels ‘Pretty Comfortable’ About Chances To Get Speakership

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) said Monday that she’s feeling “pretty comfortable” about her chances of getting the speakership should Democrats win the House next month.

“It is up to them to make that decision, but I feel pretty comfortable where I am,” Pelosi told CNN’s Dana Bash at the “Citizen by CNN” festival.

“I am a great legislator,” she added. “And one reason I am is because I recognize the contributions of others, our committee chairs and all the rest. I am also politically astute. I took them to a victory in 2006, I know how to do this.”

Watch the recorded festival here.

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  1. Yeah, putting 6 up on the scoreboard before you’ve reached the end zone is ALWAYS a smart move. Uh-huh…

  2. “I am also politically astute.”

    Whereas saying it out loud just might indicate otherwise.

  3. Avatar for aiddon aiddon says:

    Considering the odds, she should be. I can already see the GOP wetting themselves

  4. Nancy, do you remember when you used as work as mime in front of the Cow Palace before Warriors’s game?

    Try to channel that for the next two weeks…

  5. I would like to see Pelosi announce, right after November , pr at least before the Speakership election, she will not seek the Speakership after the 2020 elections, and therefore “Choose your majority leader wisely”

    A younger and dynamic Majority leader along with a younger dynamic Presidential candidate will help our chances in 2020.

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