Pelosi's new mission: Limit Obama deals with GOP

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"Pelosi will lead Democrats "in pulling on the president's shirttails to make sure that he doesn't move from center-right to far-right," said Rep. Lynn Woolsey, D-Calif., a co-chair of the liberal Progressive Caucus in the House. "We think if he'd done less compromising in the last two years, there's a good chance we'd have had a jobs bill that would have created real jobs, and then we wouldn't even be worrying about having lost elections.""

AP - http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101124/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_pelosi_checking_obama

Am I hearing the rarest of all things in congress, A CLUE!?

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[Hello_Kitty]

1. Ding ding ding! eom

[gateley]

2. That could be the best of both worlds, Obama puts forward the face of "compromise"

Nancy keeps it from getting Congressional approval.

I'm one of the ones who agrees he's given too much, although I do understand (I think) his thinking and approach. I want it to stop, too, so I'm hoping we may see a change, no matter what it takes.

[ProSense]

3. This article

provides interesting clues about the Dems strategy going forward:

People close to Pelosi say she trusts the president — perhaps moreso than some of her allies in Congress do — to defend core Democratic principles in his dealings with the GOP.

Some Democrats argue that Pelosi's liberal streak might help the president in that context — a bad cop to Obama's good cop.

"In his negotiations with the Republicans, (Obama) needs to be able to say, 'Look, you say you're not going to compromise, but I've got Nancy Pelosi over here who is very passionate about these issues, and I have to listen to what she's saying,'" Cummings said.

Pelosi is by far the best person for the job.

[David__77]

4. She may need to be very adversarial to the administration.

If required, I hope that she is.