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Only a Villager could read something as plain as day and still not get it:
"The most underreported part of Nancy Pelosi's decision on Friday to run for minority leader: The fact that her announcement (both her Tweet and her full statement) NEVER once mentioned how she plans to lead the House Democrats back to the majority. It was about protecting what had been created (health care, and Wall Street reform), not about how Democrats regain power. We know that Pelosi racked up a considerable legislative record over the past two years, and we also know that she and her team were able to win control in '06. But how does she fix her public image?"
Aside from the Villagers, the politically active, and the part of the FOX viewing GOP base that will never vote for a Democrat, no one cares about Nancy Pelosi or her public image or her being Speaker again.
Do you know what people care about?
People care about their kids having health insurance. People care about banks not stealing their home. Older people care about being able to collect Social Security benefits at 67 and not 70. Younger people care about the money they put into Social Security not being stolen from them on the other end. People care about there being enough jobs.
None of the Blue Dogs who want to be Minority House Leader will fight for those things the way Nancy Pelosi will. And did.
So we could either placate the Villagers and the Editors-in-Chief over proper decorum in the wake of big election changes. Or we could put the person who has been the strongest advocate for regular Americans - stronger than President Obama, stronger than Harry Reid - in the most prominent position to stand up to the corporatist Republicans in charge of the House.
