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RandySF

(59,080 posts)
Thu Mar 26, 2020, 02:19 PM Mar 2020

Pelosi 'The Greatest Legislator Since LBJ'

“Ever since the Democrats took back the House in the 2018 midterm elections, Nancy Pelosi has led the opposition with strategic mastery and inimitable elan. It’s a remarkable comeback for the veteran politician who for years was demonized by the right and taken for granted by many in her own party—even though, as speaker under President Barack Obama, she deserves much of the credit for epochal liberal accomplishments from universal access to health care to saving the US economy from collapse, from reforming Wall Street to allowing gay people to serve openly in the military. How did an Italian grandmother in four-inch heels become the greatest legislator since LBJ?”



https://politicalwire.com/2020/03/26/the-greatest-legislator-since-lbj/

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Pelosi 'The Greatest Legislator Since LBJ' (Original Post) RandySF Mar 2020 OP
We love you Nancy! Happy birthday! jls4561 Mar 2020 #1
she was actually in the running for best ever even before. unblock Mar 2020 #2
We're lucky to have her. Baitball Blogger Mar 2020 #3
And she still runs circles around 2naSalit Mar 2020 #4
I respect Pelosi more now than ever, but what is the universal access to health care thing? aikoaiko Mar 2020 #5
Not disagreeing here, but her opposition was pretty mediocre... Wounded Bear Mar 2020 #6
K and R Stuart G Mar 2020 #7

unblock

(52,286 posts)
2. she was actually in the running for best ever even before.
Thu Mar 26, 2020, 02:25 PM
Mar 2020

to some extent, she's merely become more visible while donnie has been president.

some of that is her skill, some of that is she's a more prominent representative of the democratic side in the absence of a democratic president, and some of that is that donnie has actually elevated her image (both through his inept negotiation as well as his explicit promotion of her profile -- intended as foil, but that only works within his base).

Wounded Bear

(58,685 posts)
6. Not disagreeing here, but her opposition was pretty mediocre...
Thu Mar 26, 2020, 03:45 PM
Mar 2020

Pelosi v Trump is a bit like the Nationals vs Westpark Little League.

Most importantly, she is the best vote counter in the world, and has truly kept the caucus together and focused. She has promised to pass the relief bill tomorrow. I sure hope she can pull that off.

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