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win and sort of a good win is sometimes 10,000 votes. i want to put something up here. in 2006, 14 seats that democrats picked up were decided by 10,000 votes or less. in 2010, 16 seats that the republicans picked up were decided by 10,000 votes or less. so you only need a slice of those republican voters, suburban voters that they need to get chicken there when it comes to pelosi. nancy pelosi is an easy target and it s easy when you re campaigning as a nominee or candidate to say you would vote against nancy pelosi. when you get to d.c. and talk to nancy pelosi and talk to the people around the congress and realize that she s usually one of the only women in these high-level meetings, you realize that as the democratic party talks about wanting diversity, she is part of that diversity. of course she s in a tough place because there are so many democratic sources who say they re eager for fresh blood. you re l