Pelosi on midterms: “I would rather be in our position right now than theirs”

SPEAKER PELOSI WAS FEISTY DURING THE FULL HOUR WITH CHARLIE ROSE,” whose leadoff question was: “If I talk to you six months from now, will I be talking to the Speaker of the House or just a representative from California?”

–THE SPEAKER: “I have every anticipation that we’ll come together in a similar format as we are now with me as Speaker of the House. … Let me tell you right here and now that I would rather be in our position right now than theirs. In order for them to win, they have to win around 38 seats and we’ll win some and so they’ll have to win in the 40s. … We’re right in the middle of a playoff! New York, Texas, San Francisco, Philly: Would you go up to one of those players tap him on the shoulder and say, ‘Suppose you lose?’ … I intend to win.”