I have to take issue with the deer in the headlights comparison. A deer in the headlights is shocked and paralyzed by indecision. Pelosi and her ilk know exactly what they are about. Their is no paralysis or indecision with these communists- anything in the interest of a free, democratic Amerika is poison to them.
Pelosi and her ilk are filled with indecision. After all, they're out of power and lost in the political ozone. One day, they support the President. The next day, they're against him. That's indecision!
Frankly, they've been "shocked and paralyzed" since Bush was elected, or as they like to say, chosen. =^)