Point well taken.
What I wonder about is this:
Does she really think she is effective?
Doesn't she ever watch herself on TV?
You see, I lived among the Pelosites And Sheehanites for over 30 years. Yes, Ms. Pelosi thinks she's effective, but not as intellectually important as say, Barbara Lee.
And she has no need to watch herself on TV as she exists with a constantly streaming spool of herself running alongside what the rest of us call reality. The streaming operates in what most of us we call the non-functioning lobe. But to liberals, that particular lobe is the most important part of who they are.