Really? The Democrats Just Did That?
Posted on November 17th, 2010 in Uncategorized | 3 Comments »
The caricatures of Nancy Pelosi are unfair, and one can’t blame the Dems’ recent electoral defeat on her.
At the same time, those caricatures have been effective, and Pelosi’s reputation is deeply stained.
So that the Democrats just reappointed her the head of their party in the House of Representatives is—well—a disaster. And a classic example of Democrats being their own worst enemy.
Here’s what Republicans will say in 2012:
“You remember what life was like under Nancy Pelosi. Do you really want to go back to those dark days? Vote for ________. Or vote for (pause)…Nancy Pelosi.”
The White House, to the extent that it could affect this process, should not have let this happen.
Democrats in the House and Senate have been opposing the ban on earmarks as well. Madness.
3 Responses
11/17/2010 8:24 pm
I would pay good money for evidence that the identity of the legislative leader of the minority party in Congress has ever affected a single election.
11/18/2010 9:43 am
Yeah, Richard, this is silly. Pelosi has been a very effective leader and the most productive in half a century. She deserves the job if she wants it. Do you imagine the optics would be better if the Democrats rejected her and all the things they did in the last two years?
It’s just silly. Obama is the face of the party, and if the Republicans get to decide otherwise they’ve already won.
SE
11/18/2010 1:08 pm
Your political savvy is (IMHO) roughly on a par with Krugman’s. Both of you have interesting things to say in your respective areas of expertise, but outside of that/them, not so much. I think that Krugman beginning to recognize that, though by the end of the link, it appears that he may not yet be all the way there.