Nancy Pelosi is the most effective speaker ever

[George II]

Analysis by Chris Cillizza, CNN Editor-at-large

Updated 2:59 PM ET, Mon November 8, 2021

(CNN)Almost 15 years ago, Nancy Pelosi wrote her name in the history books as the first female speaker of the House.

With the House vote to approve President Joe Biden's $1 trillion infrastructure package late Friday night, Pelosi has accomplished something else: She is now, without doubt, the most effective -- and impactful speaker in the last seven decades.

That is not, in any way, a partisan statement. It is purely a reflection of Pelosi's ability to shepherd major pieces of Democratic presidents' agenda through a closely divided House, with a knowledge of her caucus -- and the buttons that need to be pushed at the exact right time -- that no one who has come before her in the job has been able to match.

"Is Nancy Pelosi the most effective Speaker of all-time? (whether you like her agenda or not)," asked Bruce Mehlman, a Republican lobbyist, in a tweet with a screengrab of the final 228-206 winning vote for Pelosi on the so-called "hard" infrastructure package.

(much more, this is a good column, especially coming from the pen of Chris Cillizza.)

https://www.cnn.com/2021/11/08/politics/nancy-pelosi-infrastructure/index.html?fbclid=IwAR0SuUfGhq22DXIsVWa7OZZVmIp_CiH4f8LA_4w_KRe2Br7OcNM_Y2U9308

[SheltieLover]

1. She sure is, George!

[WarGamer]

2. Certainly in the top few...

Right next to Tip O'Neil, Sam Rayburn and Joseph Cannon.

[unblock]

7. Some great names there but mostly I think pelosi has had more of a challenge

Slimmer majorities most of the time I think.

That said partisanship wasn't as bad, it was easier to get a few republican votes. Maybe apples and oranges....

[OAITW r.2.0]

3. Thank God for Nancy.

She kept the Party together over the past 16 (?) years. I hope she makes her choice to replace her in Congress known. Who will be Speaker next? So many great options.

[Me.]

4. OMG Cilizza!

you know she is when even he has to admit it

[BlueTsunami2018]

5. Probably the most effective Speaker in modern times.

It’s too bad she doesn’t run the Senate too, we could have an amazing country.

[Haggard Celine]

6. She was bound to be effective.

Generally speaking, women in positions of power have to work harder to get where they are. It's true in other democracies, too. Look at Thatcher and Merkel. It took a long time to get someone like Nancy, but she's proven to be very tough and the Republicans hate her. They hate her because she's so effective.

[brer cat]

8. She certainly is!

K&R

[LiberalFighter]

9. I am surprised Cillizza wrote favorably about her.

[PortTack]

10. They will be writing books about her leadership style for years!

I can only imagine the gqp is green with jealousy they don’t have someone as effective as her!

All they can muster is the like of john boener, paul ryan and kevin mccarthy

[vanlassie]

11. And she never resorts to nastiness or lying.

Imagine that.

[doc03]

12. The proof of it is she is the Republicans most hated Democrat

[ShazamIam]

13. I hope this keeps being repeated, first noted by historians after passage of the ACA.

[irisblue]

14. Henry Thomas Rainey --FDRs' Speaker of the House in 1933

This man got FDRs bills passed in the First Hundred Days, together they set the American Experience for the next 100+years.
I have more to say about this later.

Pelosi is very very good, she got so much of Obama & Biden agendas through.

[empedocles]

15. This Speaker is truly great.

[irisblue]

17. Oh yeah she is. In thinking about sheer effectiveness, she is fantastic.

In my research regarding Speakers of the US House,(I limited this to post US Civil War), I do think history will see her with high regard for her actions during the Obama, Trump & Biden eras. She is similar, I think to Sam Rayburnof Texas serving with several POTUS & mentoring the future Democratic Speaker.

[DownriverDem]

16. Another example of

how if a person can do the job and wants to do the job, age shouldn't matter.

[Hekate]

18. Much gratitude the Great Replace Nancy push never got off the ground. nt

[mcar]

19. I can't believe I'm saying this, but

Cillizza is right.

[Snackshack]

20. All of this is eclipsed...

By the DOJ’s lack of any movement on DT or the Bannon subpoena.

If the DOJ does not arrest Bannon and soon the 1/6 committee may as well shut down. Because out of the 26 subpoenas sent out in the last few day…no one will show up.

As for the infrastructure bill. It’s hard to get excited about it because all legislation passed by Dems if there is no voting protection legislation passed will be hollow. Right now the gop across the states is passing legislation to completely discount voting and basically choose who they want if this remains the status when the gop gets the majorities back they will simply dismantle everything the Dems do between now and midterms.

[George II]

22. Please, let's not take an OT cheap shot at our DEMOCRATIC Attorney General. Thanks.

[Snackshack]

23. It's simply reality.

Nothing cheap about it. In fact everything is riding on it and there are multiple professionals in both fields of politics and justice who have been writing and talking about.

[George II]

24. This is a positive discussion about the Speaker of the House, not a negative one about....

....a Democratic Attorney General.

Not only is it off topic, but they are in two different branches of government.

[niyad]

21. Yes, she is.

[Nixie]

25. She was a hero over the infrastructure passage, just masterful.

She did the right thing and moved forward. Now that’s progress.

[Polybius]

26. My favorite was Tip O'Neill

Man, he was incredible.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

27. Nancy is amazing

Link to tweet