Pelosi predicted Wednesday that a presidential nominee will emerge in the week after the final Democratic primaries on June 3, but she said "I will step in" if there is no resolution by late June regarding the seating of delegates from Florida and Michigan, the two states that defied party rules by holding early primaries.
"Because we cannot take this fight to the convention," she said. "It must be over before then."
Pelosi made the comments during a wide-ranging hourlong session with The Chronicle's editorial board. She talked about the prospects for the election of a Democratic president this fall, the legacy of President Bush and the California Supreme Court's ruling legalizing same-sex marriage.
The speaker talked in depth about the party's dilemma as its primary process comes to a close after Sunday's Puerto Rico primary, in which 55 delegates are at stake, and Tuesday's South Dakota and Montana primaries, in which 33 total delegates are up for grabs.
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"I will step in"
Why yes, of course, Pelosi is going to decide uber alles.
Some Democracy going on in the Democratic Party; time to remame it to the 'Selected not Elected' Party.
Sometime I am this close (pinch size) to giving the American populists what MSM journalists tell them to want; absolute Collectivist totalitarian tyranny. I mean I'm 47 without children and won't be suffering as long under the thumb of evil people.
Posted by: syn | May 29, 2008 12:37 PM
What exactly can Ms. Pelosi do to stop Hillary from going all the way to the convention? Not one article I've read has given the details on this
Posted by: Kate | May 29, 2008 02:26 PM
HRC ain't stupid. She knows it's a lost cause. But to carry it to the end is part of her game. She wants the VP spot people. And wants it bad. This isn't new. The object is to back BHO into a corner where he has no choice but to add her to the ticket or risk losing her voting block and costing him the election. It's morbid what I'm going to say but it's her only chance to become Prez of the United States. And I don't have to tell you what has to happen in order for the VP to become president. Far fetched you say? Naw, just takes one krazy person out of 300 million to change history and she becomes top dog.
Posted by: John Phillips | May 29, 2008 03:25 PM
I don't believe that Nan could dress herself with getting some help so it seems unlikely that she will "step in" and stop anything. If you looked up the definition of "Peter Principle" in the dictionary you would find a picture of Nan. She should just go back to SF where she can be the queen bee in a city full of queens.
Posted by: Goat Locker Gus | May 29, 2008 03:29 PM
Who in the world does Pelosi think she is? God? I'm so disgusted with the Democrats. The moment they nominate Obama, as it appears the likely outcome, I will be switching my party affiliation. The Democratic party has proved to be completely undemocratic in numerous ways, including holding caucuses, which are such nonesense and seem like an obvious afront to voter's freedom and right to privacy. The party is blowing it big time and I hope they pay dearly for it.
Rose
Posted by: Rose | May 29, 2008 03:59 PM
Kate nails it, what exactly can Pelosi or Reid do?
They both have made statements that they are not happy with Sen. Clinton, are they really such megolomaniacs to think that just because they can wave their magic wand and have the problem solved?
Posted by: Nate | May 29, 2008 04:00 PM
Kate & Nate - Pelosi & Reid can make life miserable for 250-300(give or take) of the Super Delegates. Do you not remember where they come from? This is the same reason the Blue Dogs vote with the Libs. I think they call it arm twisting (broken if necessary). Nancy has been Hillary's third biggest problem all along, right after Bill and her personality.
Posted by: Otis A. Glazebrook, IV | May 29, 2008 06:22 PM
More proof of the democrats being total losers and whiners. It is always about race, gender, pandering to groups. The party of the intellectually vapid. It is comical, alas tragic, to watch these mental midgets at work. Maxine Waters openly states she wants to nationalize oil? I doubt Maxine Waters can run her household budget yet she is our master appointed by CA voters?
Am I missing something here? Since when do, amongst us, the most corrupt and unintelligent become our masters? For that matter, when did we allow them to become our masters? Is it not about time we farmers took the pitchforks to town and send them back home? Am I the only one that thinks we might still have a chance if we vote these fools all home and start afresh?
Posted by: DaveT | May 30, 2008 07:37 AM
For Kate - I agree HRC isn't stupid. I'm thinking her "gaffe" about assassinations wasn't such a gaffe after all. I could be wrong about this but lets say she doesn't even want to be "asked" by Obama to be the V.P. How could she say no? Now if she takes it what does it look like? Sorry to even say it but I can hear it now - Hillary's hoping for the worst to happen. Hillary's smart alright.
Posted by: Ciscokid | May 30, 2008 08:28 AM
Sorry I screwed up - my post was in reply to John Phillips not Kate.
Posted by: Ciscokid | May 30, 2008 08:33 AM
She's got a tape of MHO going postal at TUCC just like the Revs. Wright & Flegler, along with one of BHO endorsing his cousin Odinga the Moslem Marxist in Kenya, just before he lost the election and went on a Christian killing spree. Either one of these is a deal breaker at the DNC; both of them dropped simultaneously will be a blockbuster. I've got my popcorn ready.
Posted by: David Daly | May 30, 2008 03:00 PM