Nancy Pelosi's performance as speaker?

[Ah Xoc Kin]

What's your opinion of Pelosi as speaker?

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/mood_of_america/congressional_performance/congressional_performance

Just 37% of Democrats say they have a favorable opinion of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, while 51% have an unfavorable view of her. One-quarter (25%) of Democrats rate their view of the San Francisco Democrat as Very Favorable, but 14% see her in a Very Unfavorable light.

[SteppingRazor]

1. Better than Reid as Senate Majority Leader, but not as good as I had hoped. n/t

[Phred42]

2. Pelosi and Reid MUST be replaced

Both are and have been clearly either out of the League or
they have been partners of the Reich

Fuck both of them

[chiefofclarinet]

12. Is the Majority leader of the House and the Assistant Majority leader of the Senate fine?

I don't know much about Steny Hoyer, but would he be better than Pelosi?

I think Dick Durbin would be a good Majority Leader, but I don't much about him either.

[bhbwl]

21. UNITY! Destroy the Repukes first, THEN clean house!

Democrats shouldn't even be talking about their own party so long as there's a single Repuke left in America.

[wundermaus]

3. Failure to preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution

of the United States of America and it's citizens from enemies both foreign and domestic.

The most honorable thing she could do is resign.

[librechik]

4. Pushover

can't stand up for the Constitution or the People when a persuasive guy in a suit is whispering in her ear.

[JDPriestly]

5. Absolutely awful.

She is always way behind the beat. Congress should have introduced legislation to deal with this impending crisis months and months ago. They should have changed that draconian bankruptcy bill the moment they got into office. That would have been the way to stop the foreclosures.

[TreasonousBastard]

6. Once again, the antipelosi crowd never...

comes up with an objective criteria for Speaker performance, or compares Pelosi with other past speakers.

The hatred, or at least disappointment, with Pelosi is simply that she has not managed to meet the high standards that some completely outside of the loop have set for her. Standards which include objectives not only highly improbable she could bring about, but others which are very likely illegal.

Well, if not meeting a standard of performance that you have dreamed up is the measure-- you'll never have a politician, much less Speaker, that you approve of.

[Indenturedebtor]

8. How about "Impeachment is off the table" for starters

Add to that the fact that she's caved to Bush on pretty much every piece of legislation he's opposed, and sided with him on nearly every he's supported. She also didn't aggressively work to end the war.

[Skittles]

10. America is circling the bowl and she is not holding these bastards accountable

impeachment should be ON THE TABLE for someone who illegally invades and occupies a country and endorses torture

[Lefty48197]

17. Amen.

Some of the hysterical anti centrist Democrats have been keeping us out of power for years. Talk about cutting off your nose to spite your face!

[desktop]

18. Pelosi taking impeachment of Bush off table is unforgivable

This was a moment in time where the Democratic party could stand up and say we will not sit idly by while the President of the United States willfully and knowingly violates the constitution. By not acting in bringing impeachment proceedings to the floor, the Pelosi led Democratic party has set the stage for future Presidents to proceed in the same manner. Pelosi directly refused to bring up impeachment proceedings for political reasons, thinking we would get more Democrats elected without the proceedings. This is an outrageous lack of leadership and a sellout of the American people. It matters not whether an impeachment would be successful, it mattered to show which Congressmen believe in the rule of law and which will allow a dictatorship, the Constitution be damned.

[Ah Xoc Kin]

7. compared with dennis hastert

June 9, 2006
In the House, Republican Speaker Dennis Hastert has seen a slight decrease in his approval ratings. This month they are at 24 percent positive, down from 26 percent in March, while his negative job rating is at 56 percent, up from 49 percent.

http://www.harrisinteractive.com/harris_poll/index.asp?PID=675

[Skittles]

9. fucking terrible

seems like she spends more time getting plastic surgery than fighting for the American people

[paulk]

11. she's done ok, considering

the real measure will be when Democrats control the executive, along with Congress.

[isaacsgs]

13. Pretty good

I think she did Obama a big solid by making the bailout fail while not taking credit for making it fail after McCain tried to be a hero and carry it on his back. Its failure because of his party (which she surely helped bring about) was embarrassing and politically damaging. I think that was worth her entire time as Speaker if Obama gets elected.

[ramapo]

14. I don't like her

Plain and simple. She has done a barely adequate job. I hope she gets replaced as does Sen. Reid.

[NashVegas]

15. She's Done a Great Job Of Keeping Anything Sustantial From Happening

Unfortunately, she hasn't gotten anything we need to move forward on through the chute.

[paulthomson]

16. Reid & Pelosi = Lame & Lamer

She obviously has SOME kind of political chops, 'cause you don't get to be Speaker unless you play hard. But who knows what happened to her??? I keep thinking Cheney kidnapped one of her grandchildren

[riona]

19. I'm not going to critique her job performance.

However, I think next year it would be good to have fresh leadership in both Houses.

[Just-plain-Kathy]

20. I would like to see Nancy Pelosi investigated. I want to know whether or not she and her husband...

...are profiting from not holding this White house accountable. When I saw that her husband's name was on the 2008 Bohemian Grove guess list, I felt like I was kicked in the stomach.

[krispos42]

22. Spineless

"Absolute immunity corrupts absolutely"

[antimatter98]

23. She sold out our liberties, and did nothing to help citizens. n/t

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