Twelve Days to the Wheels Coming Off
Promise them anything to get elected, was the obvious Pelosi-ploy, then go back to business as usual and blame the other guys. Until you become the other guys.
If it were the Twelve Days of Christmas instead of merely the twelve days since the Democrats finally caught the rabbit of House-Senate control, there would still be no partridge in the Congressional pear tree. Nancy Pelosi, the absolute worst choice for Speaker of the House, couldn’t wait to throw sand in the face of tradition and even-up some perceived scores.
By nominating the ethics-disadvantaged John Murtha for majority whip, by-passing Steny Hoyer for the most personal of reasons, Pelosi showed herself for just what she is. Just what she is, appears to be vindictive, and a Speaker with that baggage won’t bring the much hoped-for bipartisanism to the House of Representatives. Thus, her first official move left her with a resounding defeat within her own party to kick off her version of “the most honest, most open and most et…