House Speaker Nancy Pelosi thinks it’s too soon to rule out a Joe Biden presidency.
The California Democrat said in an interview with CNN that the former vice president still has a chance to become the Democratic nominee despite his lackluster showings at the Iowa caucuses and the New Hampshire primary, where he finished fourth and fifth, respectively.
She said that although the party has come down to the “winnowing process,” she still sees “everything as an opportunity.”
“Quite frankly, with all the respect in the world for Iowa and New Hampshire, I’m not counting Joe Biden out,” she added. “There are still races ahead that are much more representative of the country.”
Pelosi also said that she thinks that any of the Democratic candidates would be a better choice than President Trump.
“The differences of opinion are what we are about,” she said.
Biden finished with just over 8% of the vote in the New Hampshire primary, which was won by Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders and Pete Buttigieg close behind. A RealClearPolitics national average of polls has Biden at 19.2% nationally.
