Pelosi has seemingly decided to be the liberal conscience of Congress and not the traditional speaker who represents the entire House. While she has raised some money for her more moderate colleagues, she has allowed Hoyer to be the principal point of contact for the Blue Dog Democrats. She has little to no contact with Republicans, and it is well-known that she simply refuses to meet individually with most Republican members.
She also killed ObamaCare deader than a doornail by sceduling a cap-and-tax vote right before there was even debate on Health Care reform. She even knew that the Senate wouldn't look at that piece of crap until next year at the soonest.
So she forced moderates to support it and probably imperiled their jobs for the sake of party ideology. There was no way these Blue Dogs would support yet another billion dollar tax hike for health care. It was a gamble that failed miserably and probably killed off ObamaCare in the same move.
The funny thing is that if these Blue Dogs lose their jobs then the Dems lose the House. There is no way some far leftist is going to suddenly be supported by people in Arkansas or North Carolina. If these Blue Dogs lose the 2010 election then their seats would go right back to the GOP.
I'm just so glad sometimes that there is a Senate with Dems like Baucus who have some sense and actually try to get people to support his plans. Pelosi should have resigned for accusing the CIA for lying to her and her various blunders just make the House look like a joke.
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She is entitled to squander her historic speakership in anyway fashion she so chooses...I just don't want her setting back the idea of empowered women with her poor choices
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