Nancy Pelosi: Not Out

She announced via Twitter, of course:

Driven by the urgency of creating jobs & protecting #hcr, #wsr, Social Security & Medicare, I am running for Dem Leader.

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  • Paul-no not that one

    “She announced via Twitter, of course:”
    .
    Are you mixing her up with Sarah Palin?
    .
    Or does Speaker Pelosi have a history of making announcements via Twitter? I don’t use it so I really don’t know.

  • nflfoghorn

    I’m more used to the town scribe and scroll delivery….

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    Looks like all that speculative journalism last week was indeed a waste of time…

  • Paul-no not that one

    Ha-this is Pelosi’s opening move to end up as Ambassador to Italy!

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