Pelosi vs. Bush: Grudge Match
March 14th, 2008
I was going to start this post off with another of my favorite boring clichés like, I wonder what’s gotten into the water on Capitol Hill, but it turns out we know what’s gotten into the water there. Anyway, perhaps because she realizes Democrats will need to do something to distinguish themselves from Republicans, Speaker Nancy Pelosi has started to do a little bit of truth-telling.
A few days ago she rightly pointed out that Hillary questioning Obama’s readiness to be commander-in-chief probably kayoed hopes of a “dream ticket†between the two. Now she’s saying that just as Bush was wrong about having a good reason to bomb Iraq and knew it, he’s wrong to say that stripping telecom immunity from the House surveillance bill will make America less safe. And he knows it. That’s almost the kind of toughness and honesty one would like to see from the House leadership.
It’s important not to get too excited about these signs of life, but having Democratic majorities in Congress offers tremendous opportunities to control what is debated coming up to the election, and bring Bush and the Republican’s mistakes to the forefront.
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1. Mark Stamas | March 14th, 2008 at 12:13 pm
Pelosi honest? Nah. Can’t be. And, she has failed the American people, too little, too late.
Time for a new congress too. Goal: Ten years from now, all new congress, everyone under 50. Sweet. No wait, make that 53 so I can run! Haha
By the way Devin, if you limit the what the how doesn’t matter. Shoot for the moon, settle for a star.
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