The Party of Slavery
by tdaxp ~ November 19th, 2006
First the Murtha implosion, and now a Democrat calls for a Draft.
It’s hard to imagine a worse week for Speaker-to-be Nancy Pelosi.
As long as she is able to pass Bush’s comprehensive immigration reform, her speakership won’t be a failure. So, for now, I am still wishing her the best.
Still… her inability to lead is noticeable.
The New York Times uses top 1% of income, not wealth. From the legend:...
November 20th, 2006 at 12:00 am
The inability of both parties to lead is a disgrace. Notice the protectionist, nativist attitudes of many Demcrats now, which will lead to a further weakening of American influence and respect in the world.
Pelosi still has room to manuever though, she’s likely setting up investigative hearings in such a fashion as to apply pressure to the White House while leaving the door open for compromise on everything from the minimum wage to tax and energy reforms.
Speaking of free/fair trade and the crisis at hand; Sebastian Mallaby has an excellent piece in the WAPO proposing some solutions and “unity” areas:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/19/AR2006111900807.html