Pelosi: We’ll Run Roughshod over Republicans

    In previous years, Democrats promised to run the Congress in a bipartisan way, and they complained that George Bush stoked fears in order to squelch debate and suppress dissent. Things have really changed. This is from Pelosi’s opening speech of the new Congress (yesterday), in which the Speaker sets the tone for the two years ahead: I wonder what the punishment is for those who | Read More »