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Forget Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, Harry Reid and other prominent Democrats. According to Joe Biden the second most powerful figure in American politics is non other than Nancy Pelosi.
From Political Punch
UPDATE: A clarification from the pool reporter covering Biden’s remarks (which were not on camera) – the vice president did not leave out President Obama when he praised House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
Pelosi is “the most powerful person in American politics,” Biden said, “With the exception of the President of the United States. And I mean that sincerely.”
ABC News’ Karen Travers reports:
Last week House Democrats were furious with the White House for not giving them the support they want for the upcoming midterm elections.
White House spokesman Robert Gibbs’ comment last week that Democrats could lose their majority in the House in November made matters worse.
Vice President Biden may still be trying to smooth over the ruffled feathers.
Today he piled on the praise of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
Biden called Pelosi “the most powerful person in American politics,” according to a pool reporter who was at the event.
“The single most successful, the single most persuasive the single most strategic leader I have ever worked with is Nancy Pelosi,” he said at a fundraiser in Philadelphia for Democratic House candidate Bryan Lentz. Lentz is running to replace Rep. Joe Sestak who is campaigning for the Senate.
“Nancy, you are the mother of health care,” Biden said to the House Speaker who was in attendance at the fundraiser.
Earlier Rep. Allyson Schwartz (D-PA) called Pelosi the most powerful woman in American politics, but the always-loquacious Biden upped the ante.
Biden also expressed his strong support for Sestak in his Senate run.
“I have not a single doubt in my mind about the quality of senator that Joe Sestak would make,” Biden said. “I enthusiastically….support him.”
In May Sestak defeated Biden’s good friend Sen. Arlen Specter in Pennsylvania’s Democratic Senate Primary.
Today President Obama slammed Senate Republicans for not backing an extension unemployment benefits and Biden continued the pile on by calling them out for their position on deficits.
“For them to talk about deficits is like an arsonist talking about fire safety,” the vice president said. “I mean this is bizarre.”
Also in attendance at the fundraiser was former Pennsylvania Rep. Marjorie Margolies-Mezvinsky (D), mother of Marc Mezvinsky who will marry Chelsea Clinton in next week in New York.
If I were Pelosi I wouldn’t take Biden’s praise too seriously since his own political judgment is suspect to say the least. While some might think this is an attempt to soothe some ruffled feathers after Gibbs’ remarks last week, I think this may be a way to spread the blame for all that has gone wrong for the Democrats.
We’ll get a clearer picture of what the real strategy was after the elections in November.
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3 Comments for Biden: ‘Pelosi’s Number Two’
I love the way these pathological liars couch their BS. “Pelosi is ‘the most powerful person in American politics,’ Biden said, ‘With the exception of the President of the United States. And I mean that sincerely.’”
Barry-O loves to say, “Now, in all honesty…” or similar.
I am driven to conclude that the rest of the time they are not sincere, they are not honest, and that they are reverting to career pathological politician-speak which to us in the hustings means (ala Clinton World), when their lips are moving, they’re lying.
Our enemies must awaken every morning slapping themselves to ensure they’re not still dreaming: America is run by Ivy League imbeciles like O, Polosi, Hairy Reed, Holder, Plugs Biden, etc., and their mouthpiece is the bumbling numbskull R. Gibbs.
Absolutely unbelievable, this is a sitcom gone wild.
Except it’s a tragedy that would make Shakespeare weep.
To Bev & Neanderthal,,,I could not agree with you more. Wouldn’t you love to see a rule or a law get slipped into one of those “Not Read” 2,000 page
bills that states as of 1/1/11,,all 535 members of the Senate & House will
become “$ 1 ” a year men/women,,& their staff have to be paid what the average worker in the USA makes. Plus,,take away most if not all of the perks that only THEY get,,& we are not entitled to. I could go on & on,but
that would be boring & the list is to long. Think about it.
Remember to pass the word,,Primary Day,,then Election Day
I cannot understand why the media will not blast the whole story regarding passage of continuance of ‘outta work payola slot machine’.
Potus stands there making the same, stupid remarks as usual…it is someone elses fault…in this case Republicans for gumming up the works by saying no….when the media should be saying…’WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOUR GIVING SOME AND AGREEING TO CUT SOME SPENDING TO PAY FOR THIS FEEDING TROUGH”! There is nothing wrong with saying, ‘we’ll take some billions from here, there, and over there, which in most cases was porkulous in the first place, and pay for this bailout. Cut excessive spending to take care of those who need it and get on with it. Call the piece of crap a liar like they did George Bush. He is not God. He is a stupid puppet who still cannot get it right.