Wednesday, October 10, 2007

"It was so important for us to drive down the president's numbers"

Nancy Pelosi gives us a revealing look at her calculating, partisan side: "Holders of high office typically avoid discussions like that because it makes them look, well, political. But Pelosi did not hesitate to plunge into the political, explaining that "it was so important for us to bring the president's numbers down two years ago on Social Security" because it discouraged Republican candidates from running for Congress."

Did she and the other members of the Democrat leadership in Congress even care about the details of Bush's Social Security proposal? Or were they simply going to bash and demagogue the proposal, no matter what? My vote right now goes to the latter.