Nancy Pelosi is a strong woman, she has done a superb job as House Speaker, you might agree with me if you dared put your personal feelings aside and just look at her record. Hundreds of bills passed through the House under Pelosi, and are now sitting dormant in the Senate.
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Speaker Pelosi's accomplishments were a credit to her abilities.. and her record is unsurpassed… a record, as CONSERVATIVE Norman Ornstein stated, “The111th Congress is one of the most productive Congresses in history.”
Increase in the minimum wage for the first time in 10 years..
The largest college aid expansion since the GI bill in more than 60 years...
A new GI education bill for veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars...
Increased services for the veterans, caregivers, and the Veterans Administration...
Passed the toughest ethics reform legislation in the history of the Congress...
Led the effort to pass the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to create and save millions of American jobs, provide relief for American families, and provide a tax cut to 95 percent of working Americans...
Passed the Student Aid and; Fiscal Responsibility Act, which reforms the system of federal student loans to save taxpayers $87 billion – and then invests $77 billion of those savings back into education...
Passed the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, enacted to restore the ability of women & all workers to access our judicial system to fight pay discrimination...
Passed the children's health care legislation (SCHIP) providing health care for 11 million American children...
Passed hate crimes legislation, which will help protect Americans against violence based on sexual orientation, race, religion, gender, national origin, disability, or gender identity...
Raised vehicle fuel efficiency standards for the first time in 32 years and making an historic commitment to American home grown biofuels...
Eugene Robinson, The Washington Post said this in his op-ed, "She's losing her job not because she does it poorly but because she does it so well....Obama came to office with a long, ambitious agenda. Pelosi had a big majority to work with in the House, but it was ideologically diverse -- Blue Dogs, progressives, everything in between. Somehow, she managed to deliver."
True, some Democrats want Pelosi to step down for a more moderate leader. Is this what we need right now to counter the new GOP majority, a MODERATE leader?? I say NO! The country wants STRONG Democrats in Congress. This is why Democrats lost seats, because of weaknesses, not strengths! BTW, What happened to some BlueDogs in the election this week??
"The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again, and expecting a different result," said Ken Spain, spokesman for the National Republican Congressional Committee. Yea, they like to say it's insane to keep Nancy in a leadership role, but just because they FEAR her! More insane, voting back the fuckwad thugs who got us into this economic mess in the first place, that's insane. Voting back the same thugs over and over and over again....and expecting it to be different each time, hilarious!
NBC News's Luke Russert laid out a six-point case for why Pelosi should stay on as minority leader. Here are 2 of the 5...
4. Many liberals and progressives do not want to compromise on their principles to appease Republicans. They see no problem in doing what the GOP did over the last two years that is being the “Party of No” out of principle. If this is the direction that liberals and progressives want to go, Pelosi is a much better leader than Hoyer. There is fear that Hoyer would be too accommodating to the GOP and to K Street influence.
5. Why should Pelosi be the only leader to fall on the sword after the disastrous results for Democrats on Tuesday? The president is not shaking up his team. Harry Reid will return to the Senate, a Senate that couldn't pass many House bills that liberals and progressives feel could have helped their election prospects. And Pelosi has worked harder than any other Democrat leader and earned the right to leave on her own terms. In no way does she need to placate moderates by stepping down.
We need a strong leader in the House to represent the minority democrats and I believe Nancy Pelosi can be that person. Love her or hate her, she is a proven leader and we need her!
