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Listne/read @ NPR

Pelosi: Economy Key In Democrats' Election Losses


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"We didn't lose the election because of me. Under any circumstance, when you have 9.5 percent unemployment, any party that cannot turn that into political gain should hang up the gloves. I said that before the election."

Well, our position in the House has been that we support the tax cut for the middle for everyone, but not an additional tax cut at the high end. It's too costly. Those tax cuts have been in effect for a very long time. They did not create jobs. In fact, with the tax cuts that President Obama had in the recovery package, we have now 10 straight months of private sector job growth. So from day one, President Obama and this Congress have been job creators, at the same time giving tax cuts to the middle class, which do create jobs.

This isn't about me. Maybe the Republicans will take a course of action that will solve problems. God bless them if they do. But maybe they will pursue what they have said, which is to privatize Social Security, to make Medicare a voucher, to resist our initiatives. So it's not - the opportunity that is there is to have clarity. Maybe they will be more eloquent in defining themselves than we could have ever been in defining them.

Good interview.

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I agree that the election was about the economy, but it was also about Peloser and the fraud. They just don't get it. Wonder what planet Nancy is on, talking about creating jobs and private sector growth.

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reddirtgirl wrote:

I agree that the election was about the economy, but it was also about Peloser and the fraud. They just don't get it. Wonder what planet Nancy is on, talking about creating jobs and private sector growth.



I can't figure that out either.  Of course, there was some job growth in government.  Installing all those unconfirmed White House Czars accounted for a lot of jobs. lol



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