The funny thing about Democrats is that on the one hand they claim that Republicans won this election because America "voted the war" instead of voting the economy, but on the other hand, they elect to be their spokeswoman their one senior Congresswoman who voted AGAINST the war.By their own logic, Pelosi is the wrong choice. She voted against the war, and it was the war that decided the elction (per them). Fortunately for us Conservatives, the dual-identity of Democrats continues to be in play.
In 2004, Democrats have to defend 19 Senate seats (versus 14 for Repubs - presuming that there are no more defections - particularly in Florida). In that same year, the Democrats have to fund their Presidential run. To say the least, money is going to be rather tight for them, especially after the way that McAwful raped Sanchez in Texas for over $30 Million this time around. Moreover, Democrats in Florida mortgaged the Florida teachers' union headquarters building for $1.7 million this year to fund McBride's TV ads (a 30 year mortgage of interest plus principle for 30 minutes of air time), among other such tactical mistakes.
On top of those items of note, Pelosi will be making her national push to retake the House (since that's her power base).
And in this environment of tight money, the Democrats are going to be fighting an uphill fight against the most popular wartime President in American history.
In short, the Democrats are going to get creamed; moreso because mainstream Americans don't identify with shrill San Fransisco socialists (if they did, there would be a lot more Pelosi's visible in the Heartland, and there aren't).
But this is all expected. It is only natural for Democrats to recoil into a fetal position that resides solely in its core base of Left-leaning baby-boomer radicals (after such a "shock" as this most recent election, at least).
Faced with choosing between winning and their core beliefs, the Democrats chose "winning" in this most recent election, lost badly, and are now fleeing back towards their core beliefs (as witnessed in Pelosi).
Oh, but you don't think that the Democrats chose "winning" over their core beliefs in this past election?! Well, consider first that McAwful was promoted over (tenured) Smith (who is Black) to his position as DNC fundraiser/spokeman. Then Page, who is Black, was dissed for elite-White-name-recognition Mondale to replace Wellstone. The Wellstone rally-at-the-memorial also shows that Dems were far more concerned with "winning" than with mourning their fallen comrade. Moreover, consider that lilly-White Pelosi is getting promoted over the one man who had the courage to stand up to Gephardt, Ford (who is Black). Not that any of this is really a new trend, Democrats blasted Clarence Thomas, who is Black, as well (but that was long before this current election fiasco).
And now that we are back to dealing with today and the future, we can see that the Democrats are retreating from their "winning" strategy back towards their core principles (i.e. fight against the war, even though Democrats are publicly stating loudly, longly, and often that it was the "war" that won the election for Republicans).
And I encourage this trend. Go Pelosi! Freepers are rooting for you to first smash Ford and then to later show all of America that you are a pro-choice, card-carrying international socialist who wants to nationalize healthcare (hey, anyone remember how well Republicans did after Hillary tried that very thing back in 1993??) and leave Saddam Hussein alone to develop all of the nukes that he cares to build.
I'd be hard-pressed to think of a better person for Republicans to have as a visible opponent than Pelosi.
I'm licking my chops. I can't wait. The next thing that would thrill me would be for Dashcle to be replaced by a Kennedy, Byrd, or Rockefeller. Heck, since White, California radical females seems to be the current rage among Democrats, why not have pro-Cuba Boxer or Feinstein replace him?!
Mmmm... Tasty Democrats self-imploding by actually revealing their true colors. Delicious (and good for the future health of our great nation)!