NEIL CAVUTO, HOST OF "YOUR WORLD": Nancy is not going anywhere. The soon-to-be-ex- speaker is running for House minority leader. Now, do not assume she is a shoo-in, not if this guy has anything to say about it.
Democratic Congressman Dan Boren says he is not fancy on Nancy.
Why not, Congressman?
REP. DAN BOREN D-OKLA.: Well, I will tell you, Neil, I think the country; there was a clear message here. They want the Democratic Party to go in a new direction.
They want someone to lead the party who's going to be bipartisan. I can't tell you how much it frustrates me that this is happening. We just - - we've got a tough economy. We've got all these challenges ahead. And we can't have any personality that is polarizing.
We've got to bring the country together. We've got to work on a lot of these issues. And we cannot do that if we are mired in the same two years that we just went through.
CAVUTO: Are you surprised she wants to hang on in any leadership role?
BOREN: I am surprised. If you lose 65 seats, depending on what happens with some of these recounts, you'd think that would be a clear signal.
I think there was room in the caucus to let the speaker go gracefully, to let her be a figure in the party in some way, be with her family. This is not personal. This is nothing negative against her personally. This is about where the country is.
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CAVUTO: Well, do you think that she would get elected minority leader?
BOREN: I can tell you, the folks that I've been talking to say that she very well could be elected.
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CAVUTO: So, what do you think is going to happen to you?
BOREN: Well, I don't know about me. I am just standing up for the people in Eastern Oklahoma, who told me loud and clear they don't like the direction the Congress is going.
They -- they certainly didn't like the way the health care bill was passed. They didn't like the cap-and-trade and some of these other things. And why would you go back to more of the same? And, frankly, the White House needs to weigh in here.
This is -- the president is the titular head of the Democratic Party, and all he has to do is make one phone call here. This is very disappointing for a lot of us who are in the center.
CAVUTO: Well, who would you have supported? If Steny Hoyer were interested in that spot -- he might look at whip or whatever.
BOREN: Well, I don't know. He is one of the people being mentioned. Heath Shuler is another.
CAVUTO: Right.
BOREN: I'm just going to vote for someone -- even if she were to win in the Democratic Caucus, on the floor, I am -- I will support someone who is more conservative, who's more to the middle.
I don't know who that person is going to be. But we have got to -- we cannot -- people are so mad about the extremists in both parties, frankly. They -- they -- I mean, both parties have them. They -- 60 percent of the American people are somewhere in the middle.
CAVUTO: We will watch closely.
All right, Congressman, thank you very much.
BOREN: OK. Thank you, Neil.