john burton did not. it was not until 1998 that she would make her move against steny hoyer, but this was probably 1993, so it was five years away that she made a move. from eitherow reporting on her or the biographies you have read about her, was it a methodical process echo process? odical >> she was doing committee work, raising a lot of money for the party in california. she clearly had her eye on this, but gephardt was majority leader, tip was the speaker. had to wait for things to happen. >> than the republicans took over, so they got tapped away into the minority, and i think that gave her a little more of a chance at that point because it's easier to move up -- leadership becomes a little more flexible when you're not in the majority in my view. >> but she worked behind the scenes. she had run because for dnc party chair and lost to paul kirk. that would have been after the mondale debacle. it would have been 1985. she lost that. she never lost any again, but she thought she got a late start, so s

barbara boxer is the person who took john burton's seat. she told phil burton, i would like it and she ran. she went on to the senate. the foreshadowing there, when the iraq war came, when george w. bush invaded iraq, nancy pelosi was the highest democrat in the country to oppose it. she did it from the start. susan: that is true. you see that carry through today. -- carried through today. she was a strong opponent of the war. that helped the democrats win the majority. they lead with this argument that the war should end. she was right behind that. that played a big role in the house majority falling to the democrats that year. host: this is another 1988 clip. there will be echoes in it. other common you make. -- of a comment you made. this is the group called women in government relations. let's listen and then come back to the table. mrs. pelosi: when i was running for office, the comment even in progressive san francisco was who was going to be taking care of your children? i see in this room many young women, women of the age that shoul

john burton didn't, but she did. she decided she liked the house it was not until 1998 that she would make her move against steny hoyer, but this was probably 1993, so it was five years away before she actually made a move. host: do you know from either reporting on her or biographies you have read on her, was it a methodical process for her to move up? carl: she was paying attention to, can you say, sticking to her knitting? she was doing the committee work and raising a lot of money for the party still in california, but she clearly had her eye on this. but boehner was the whip, tip was the speaker, you had to wait for some things to happen. susan: and then the republicans took over and they got cast into the minority. and i think that gave her more of a chance at that point. it's easier to move up. leadership becomes a little more flexible when you are not in the majority, in terms of getting in. nobody is fighting for the position hard, let's put it that way. carl: but she worked hard behind the scenes. she had r

it's my honor to be here some of you know i sat like i started out as a district representative to john burton back in 1995 and back then you know i was just learning and many of the people that i was working with are still here the reverend mccray reverend townsend reverend amos brown todd clatter as well as gerald green are still here and we are. still here all right still here. and then to the new leaders are dynamic mayor london breed as well as our supervisor valley brown thank you for continuing to lead us here in san francisco and i've been living here in san francisco for 30 years. but bill witty was actually here longer and he was one of the senior consultant advisors to dianne feinstein when she was mayor and his commitment to low income housing. bar none is like one of the best examples of what developers should be doing could be doing and need to be doing more until the west side courts tennis association. welcome to politics i'm just telling you you are going to get so busy everyone's going to be calling you lining up sending you text messages and emails complaining so welcome wel

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