President Barack Obama gave a glowing recommendation to Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) amidst her fight for the speakership gavel, calling her an “extraordinary partner.”
“I think Nancy Pelosi, when the history is written, will go down as one of the most effective legislative leaders that this country’s ever seen,” Obama said at a live taping of his former aide David Axelrod’s podcast, “The Axe Files.”
“Nancy is not always the best on a cable show or with a quick soundbite or what have you,” he continued. “But her skill, tenacity, toughness, vision, is remarkable. Her stamina, her ability to see around corners, her ability to stand her ground and do hard things and to suffer unpopularity to get the right thing done, I think, stands up against any person that I’ve observed or worked directly with in Washington during my lifetime.”
“…She was an extraordinary partner for me throughout my presidency,” he concluded.
Pelosi is currently fending off insurrection from within her own ranks, though the 16 members who signed a letter opposing her leadership seem to lack an alternate candidate to rally behind.
