MS. MISUNDERESTIMATED. SusanG and mcjoan
I’ve always had a bit of soft spot for Nancy Pelosi, because of her leadership on increasing AIDS funding back in 1991.
http://www.tnr.com/doc.mhtml?i=20021125&s=crowley112502&c=2
“She’s just a fund-raiser,” complains one aide to a senior House Democrat. “A wealthy woman with a lot of wealthy friends.”…”She perhaps is a little naive about how you win elections,” says an experienced party campaign strategist. “If we could have a California playing field every year, we’d elect three hundred twenty members. She’s going to have to take a real leap to understand all the mechanics of campaigns.”Moderate Democrats worry that Pelosi, like many of her House allies, believes last week’s electoral rout proves that Democrats need to veer back to a more confrontational liberal position, especially on foreign policy. “I don’t think the lesson of this election is that Democrats should have been more forceful in opposing the president on the war,” says a party strategist. “In the last decade, foreign policy was mainly taken off the table as an issue for Democrats. And now, it’s back on the table. And voters aren’t going to vote for a party they don’t feel safe with.”
