Nancy Pelosi

Yesterday I said that I thought Nancy Pelosi was largely ineffective.  I may have been wrong.  This is an excellent (if long) piece on the Speaker by Michelle Cottle.  I was looking at her performance through the lens of legislation passed and her dealings with the White House.  She certainly does know how to wield power and how to play the political game, largely behind the scenes, keeping her caucus together and stymieing President Bush at nearly every turn.