Because elections are like skiing moguls or something crazy like that.

(Politico) — Despite two Democratic special-election losses this week, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi is still upbeat about the chances of taking back the House.

The California congresswoman on Thursday acknowledged the loss of New York’s 9th Congressional District seat, long held by a Democrat, was a “disappointment,” but said it wouldn’t change the House Democrats’ strategy for the 2012 congressional elections.

“This is a mogul,” said Pelosi, pulling out a sports analogy, as she has done in recent days. “A mogul is a bump. You plant your pole and go faster down to your goal.”