democratic bill owens who is trying to fend off a republican challenger in upstate new york. speaker pelosi is taking fire from both sides. democrats running away from her and republicans running against her. the latest article in "the new york times" spotlights the dilemmas facing speaker pelosi. this is tough for her. she's become the face of the democratic party. the boogie man. whatever you want to call it. it happens to speakers when republicans try to nationalize a campaign. how is she handling it? >> she handles it like she handles everything with a certain degree of certainly toughness. she doesn't really show any strain whatsoever. and frankly this is not new to her. this is something she endured in 2006 when she was in line to be speaker in 2008 and again president obama is clearly the face of the democratic be party these days. but this is something that she