Say what one will about Nancy Pelosi, but she is strong leader who delivered time and again for the Obama White House while Senate leader Harry Reid whiffed, waffled and stumbled his way through the last session of Congress.
But Reid won re-election anyway. Now, Pelosi, who just days ago suggested her status as Minority Leader would be a done deal, sees the first signs of this whole power grab starting to crumble. Why? it’s bad politics, illogical and wrong in a public relations<img class="alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-280" title="Pelosi" src="http://dcspectator.strategicmedia.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/pelosi2-150×142 la belgique et le viagra.jpg” alt=”Pelosi” width=”150″ height=”142″ /> context to leave her as the titular head of the House Democratic caucus. To most anyone, that seems obvious after having lost 65+/- U.S. House seats. The fact she doesn’t see it belies her political acumen and is a fatal flaw.
With the first cracks in the dam beginning to leak, it’s just a matter of time before the whole rickety structure comes tumbling down.
Washington penalizes abject failure — not rewards. She’s about to learn that the hard way, and she should have stepped aside after the election.