Here is the transcript:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=15817046(Siegel)But is it implicit in what you're saying that the Democratic majority gave it a good shot this year to try to change course and you didn't do it?
(Pelosi)We're still doing it. When the Democrats came into power, we came with a clear mandate from the American people for a new direction. Nowhere was that direction more clearly spelled out than in the war in Iraq. We put a bill on the president's desk that would have redeployed the troops out of Iraq within the next year. The president vetoed it.
Since then, we haven't been able to get a bill on his desk, because the Senate rules prevent that from happening. The American people aren't interested in the Senate rules; they're interested in ending the war in Iraq. And we will, again, continue to hold him accountable for the conduct of that war, and try to put on his desk legislation that calls for the redeployment of the troops within the next year.
Pelosi seems to clearly understand what we want, but just as clearly is set on the idea mentioned previously that the Dem strategy for 2008 is to give Bush enough rope to hang himself with.
This is perhaps the worst strategic blunder I've ever seen. By allowing Bush his rope, they have no means to "hold him accountable" and indeed, look complicit to all but the chess players.
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