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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. Its a remarkable comeback for the veteran politician who for years was demonized by the right and taken for granted by many in her own partyeven 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/
jls4561
(1,259 posts)unblock
(52,286 posts)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).
Baitball Blogger
(46,753 posts)Happy Birthday!
2naSalit
(86,743 posts)that orange blob in the WH every day.
aikoaiko
(34,183 posts)Wounded Bear
(58,685 posts)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.