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# Nancy Pelosi likened to Cruella de Vil in Republican attacks
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## Republican Party election strategists have singled out Nancy Pelosi, the
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House of Representatives speaker, for bitter personal attack in the run-up to
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November elections.
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By Alex Spillius in Washington 6:13PM BST 19 Oct 2010
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The minority party has been relishing the prospect that the liberal Mrs Pelosi
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will lose her job if the Democrats lose the majority they have held since
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2006.
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The Californian Democrat, who is the third highest ranking elected official in
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Washington, has been branded as a "wicked witch" in an advertisement drawing
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on the Wizard of Oz, and also as a would be puppy-killer along the lines of
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Cruella de Vil from the drama 101 Dalmatians.
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The first female House Speaker, Mrs Pelosi has shrugged off the attacks as all
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part of Washington's rough and tumble.
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"If no one's talking about you, you have to wonder what you were doing," she
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told a women's forum. US politics, she said, requires "a suit of armour" and
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the ability "to take a punch".
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Mrs Pelosi was prominent pushing Mr Obama's agenda through a sometimes
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reluctant House of Representatives, even with numerous Democratic defections.
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She was the driving force behind the $800 billion stimulus plan to passage in
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February 2009, healthcare reform and an overhaul of Wall Street. She also
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pushed through an energy reform bill which has yet to pass the Senate.
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But amid deep frustration at the stagnant economy and dissatisfaction with
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Washington's divisive, money-ridden culture, Mrs Pelosi looks certain to lose
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the gavel she uses to control debates, though her own San Francisco seat is
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not in danger.
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"She's an inviting target, because she's emblematic of the Congress, and
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voters have very little respect now for Congress as an institution," said
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Darrell West, director of governance studies at the Brookings Institution
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think tank in Washington.
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With the entire chamber up for election on Nov 2, experts forecast that the
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Republicans will win at least the 39 seats needed to recapture the House, and
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may seize as many 50.
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