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“We pledge to make this the most honest, ethical, and open Congress in history.” said Nancy Pelosi
Linda Chavez watched her nomination for Secretary of Labor go down the drain because she had employed an illegal immigrant to work in her home. What a difference 6 years and a political party make…Nancy Pelosi will become …

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Dear Future Speaker Pelosi,
Congratulations! You and Howard Dean have successfully run a strong national campaign. I tried to email you directly but your website rejected it because I am not from your district.
You have a sacred duty in the new leadership position to make the most of this situation. However, please, continuously [...]

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Pelosi Asks for Closed House Session, but Democrats Lose Bid for Closed House
House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi asked her colleagues Tuesday to close the House’s doors for a highly unusual secret session to discuss a classified intelligence analysis on global terrorism.
Such a session hasn’t happened in the House since July 1983, when the chamber went …

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With the polling across the country looking grim for the congressional GOP, I have to wonder if it isn’t time to consider nationalizing the races around Pelosi. To some extent, the races are already nationalized. The GOP might as well let the voters know who they’ll be putting in charge of the House.

I realize that Pelosi’s name ID is low, but see this more as a plus - a blank slate - then a negative.

There is a recent analog to this effort. In the German elections last year the SPD was so far behind that they (a) positioned Merkel (CDU) as the frontrunner and (b) put the onus on her to tell the voters what she would do with her power once elected. The CDU took the bait (oops) and almost lost. To my thinking, nationalizing around Pelosi would put the spotlight on the dysfunctional Democratic caucus and their plans should they gain the majority. We should make the election about what they will do when they win.

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