Still, while hundreds of national Democrats are in town this week, you won't find Rep. Jim Matheson, D-Utah. Matheson has not attended a national Democratic Party convention since he was elected in 2000. And he's staying home in Salt Lake City this year as well, saying he wants to campaign and take his son to his first day of fourth grade this week.

And just what the national Democratic Party really thinks of GOP-dominated Utah may be seen in how few tickets the state party got for Obama's massive acceptance speech in INVESCO Field at Mile High Thursday night. While the Western states were promised a lot of tickets, the Utah party only got around 50, leaving state chairman Wayne Holland scrounging around for a few more just to satisfy loyal leading Utah Democrats who wanted to attend.

Pelosi said the issues critical in this year's presidential campaign are also the top issues for American women — national security and safety for families, education, health care and other top matters that Republicans have failed at.

"Women have the most to gain with Sen. Obama and the most to lose with Sen. McCain," she said.

John McCain, an Arizona Republican, will pick his vice presidential candidate just before the GOP national convention in St. Paul. One leading contender is Mitt Romney — much beloved by Utahns for his work as the Salt Lake 2002 Winter Olympics boss.

Romney will be in Denver Tuesday to speak at an anti-Democratic Convention event.

There is a new national GOP TV add out this weekend criticizing Obama for picking Biden, a longtime Democratic senator from Delaware, as his vice presidential running mate, saying that Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., was overlooked and shunned by Obama.

Asked about that, and whether not picking Clinton could harm Obama with women voters, Pelosi said no.

"The Republicans will try say this is women against men," or blacks against Latinos, or set religions against each other. "That is their playbook" of dividing Americans.

"But we will unify this country and this party," she said.

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