Politics | Nancy Pelosi Newsweek Retracts Pelosi's Anti-Obama Quote Reporter's notes misconstrued as quotation By Neal Colgrass Posted Oct 3, 2011 3:35 PM CDT Copied President Barack Obama speaks with House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of Calif., at the Washington Convention Center in Washington, Friday, July 29, 2011. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) So maybe President Obama can see around corners after all? Newsweek editors abruptly pulled a quote today they had attributed to Nancy Pelosi, about how Obama's team "can’t see around corners; they anticipate nothing." Turns out those words were written by a reporter in her notes and misinterpreted as part of the Pelosi interview, Politico reports. Sighs Newsweek: "Newsweek and The Daily Beast regret the error." Read These Next University does 180 on professor fired for Charlie Kirk post. News outlets parse the fatal shooting in Minneapolis. Christian author Philip Yancey admits to a long-term affair. Snow is sinking boats in Alaska. Report an error