A buoyant Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Wednesday basked in the Democrats' special-election triumph while bashing Republicans and expressing confidence that her party will retain control of the House.

 In an interview with The Hill, the Speaker said it was very important to her that Democrats retain the late Rep. John Murtha's (D-Pa.) seat, which they did Tuesday night.

Pelosi, who was very close with Murtha, said Republicans once again tried to nationalize an election by way of an "anti-Obama, anti-Pelosi"� message.

"It didn't work,"� Pelosi said,...]]>