Pelosi, White House feud over Gibbs’ House prediction
(By Major Garrett, Fox News) - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, the driving force behind the Obama agenda in Congress, sharply criticized White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs at a closed-door House Democratic caucus meeting late Tuesday, according to Democratic sources.
Pelosi, irked since Sunday by what she and other top Democrats considered Gibbs’ careless and dismissive comments that Democrats could lose their House majority this November, upbraided a top White House aide as she knocked Gibbs’ unwelcome handicapping of House races.
“How could he [Gibbs] know what’s going on in our districts?” Pelosi said, according to Democrats who attended the meeting. “Some may weigh his words more closely than others. We have made our disagreements known to the White House.”
Gibbs Changes Course: Democrats Will Retain House And Senate
(Real Clear Politics Video) - White House press secretary Robert Gibbs praised Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi after she reportedly scorched him in a private meeting with Democrats for saying the Party could lose the House.
"Of course the opinion of the Speaker of the House matters to me," Gibbs said.
"As I said on Sunday, in three and a half months or so we will have an election that will be based on a very clear choice," Gibbs said of the midterms.
"I think we will do very well," Gibbs said of the upcoming election. "I think we will retain the House and the Senate," he added.
ON SUNDAY: Gibbs: "No Doubt" Republicans Could Gain Control Of House
Pelosi, irked since Sunday by what she and other top Democrats considered Gibbs’ careless and dismissive comments that Democrats could lose their House majority this November, upbraided a top White House aide as she knocked Gibbs’ unwelcome handicapping of House races.
“How could he [Gibbs] know what’s going on in our districts?” Pelosi said, according to Democrats who attended the meeting. “Some may weigh his words more closely than others. We have made our disagreements known to the White House.”
Gibbs Changes Course: Democrats Will Retain House And Senate
(Real Clear Politics Video) - White House press secretary Robert Gibbs praised Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi after she reportedly scorched him in a private meeting with Democrats for saying the Party could lose the House.
"Of course the opinion of the Speaker of the House matters to me," Gibbs said.
"As I said on Sunday, in three and a half months or so we will have an election that will be based on a very clear choice," Gibbs said of the midterms.
"I think we will do very well," Gibbs said of the upcoming election. "I think we will retain the House and the Senate," he added.
ON SUNDAY: Gibbs: "No Doubt" Republicans Could Gain Control Of House
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