I recall the GOP and certain talk radio blatherers hanging the specter of Nancy Pelosi as SOTH over our heads during the 2006 and 2008 elections. It did not deter angry Americans from voting the Republicans out of power in 2006 and, more emphatically, in 2008. Contrary to what RINO blowhards might claim, it was not voter ignorance that led to the ouster of the Republicans in 2006 and 2008. Rather, it was the consistent and infuriating display of moral and ethical cowardice through one capitulation after another to the Democrat minority- and this, after the resounding victories of 2004- that caused voters to revolt.
If Pelosi remains SOTH in 2011, it will be because the Republican Party AGAIN failed- or refused- to promote a candidate worthy of our votes.
If such a thing indeed happens, then conservatives will have no recourse but to burn down the entire party and rebuild from the ashes.