NANCY. Kevin Drum, Bob Somerby, and Dana Goldstein all offer good comments on this New York Times profile of Nancy Pelosi. Defending Pelosi against petty or mailcious attacks -- mainly from her right, but also from her left -- used to be a priority of mine before I got too busy, but needless to say the task will become only more necessary (to the extent that I think it remains justified, of course) if the Dems take over the House. I should note that I was surprised to see Dick Armey call himself "a big fan" of hers in the Times piece.
At any rate, in the event that she does become Speaker, I certainly hope a right-wing author runs with my Pelosi-related offering in last month's "Spot the Fake Right-Wing Book Title" quiz from the print issue.
--Sam Rosenfeld
