[Reimann]

Most House Democrats tried to put a good face on Tuesday's election results, saying they picked up two more votes for a sweeping health care bill that could be on the floor as early as Friday.

But it can't make Speaker Nancy Pelosi's job any easier as she works to corral those last holdouts she needs to approve the bill. Of course, the speaker, who told Politico recently she's "not big on showing weakness," brushed aside questions about how the election results would impact her final tally and instead trumped the two special election wins.

"From our perspective we won last night," Pelosi told reporters during a Wednesday morning photo opportunity. "We had one race that we were engaged in, it was in northern New York, it was a race where a Republican has held the seat since the Civil War and we won that seat, so from our standpoint, no, a candidate was victorious who supports health care reform, and his remarks last night said this was a victory for health care reform and other initiatives for the American people."

"So from our standpoint we picked up votes last night," a cheerful Pelosi said, "one in California and one in New York."

Pelosi dismisses Dem losses in Virginia and New Jersey - Live Pulse - POLITICO.com

The comments at the bottom of the article are awesome!

"Funny thing is that Owens is a Blue Dog Democrat (conservative) and is against the public option, in fact the daily Koz endorsed Dede the liberal republican and went on a rant a few weeks ago bashing Owens for bieng to conservative. Had the contest been between Hoffman and Owens and not had Dede on the ballot as a spoiler, Hoffman would have won this. Lets also not forget that this seat is back up for election in 2010. Good luck Dems...LOL"

"Nasty Nancy is an idiot..."

"This woman is clinically insane. She is bat s..t crazy and bug s..t nuts. Wow."

"What a twit. First of all, the last time a Dem held that seat was 1993, not the Civil War. As Bugs Bunny would say, "What a maroon!"

"Nancy needs to lay off the controlled substances . . . ."

"I just came back from DisneyWorld and I think I saw Ms. Pelosi in Fantasy Land !!"

[jikelly]

To be honest, only the seats in congress are important. The governorships mean nothing to the agenda before congress now.

[RookieOne]

Originally Posted by jikelly

To be honest, only the seats in congress are important. The governorships mean nothing to the agenda before congress now.

And yet, when Republican Governors lose in an election as significantly as last night's results, it's a referendum on policy and a voter mandate for change.

Go figure.....

[Venom351R]

funny how the 2 candidates that obama campaigned for lost in a land slide and the one he did not campaign for won

[wytstang]

Originally Posted by Venom351R

funny how the 2 candidates that obama campaigned for lost in a land slide and the one he did not campaign for won

Dammit I just said the same thing in another thread. Day late and a dollar short.

[strtrcr50]

Originally Posted by RookieOne

And yet, when Republican Governors lose in an election as significantly as last night's results, it's a referendum on policy and a voter mandate for change.

Go figure.....

Can we HOPE that this will bring TRUE CHANGE to VA and NJ?

[Venom351R]

I think we can illegitimately label Pelosi as legally insane

[RookieOne]

Originally Posted by Venom351R

I think we can illegitimately label Pelosi as legally insane

You mean "Legitimately"?