“If you?re wondering why Speaker Pelosi, who currently has something like a seventy vote majority in the House, is incapable of shepherding through a bill deemed critical to her caucus – well, one could go into great detail in describing why, but really: ?not very good at her job? will do just fine.”

I think the answer is simpler Moe. The bill may have been critical to [i]her[/i] caucus, but it was anathema to the vast majority of Americans, many of whom are represented by Democrats.

It’s not necessarily that Pelosi is bad at her job (although I agree the case can be made). It’s more that the people she represents and the agenda she supports are far, far outside the mainstream. The failure of this agenda is evidence of it, and the exact same thing can be said of Reid and Obama. I think it is their rank Leftism – more than their legislative and administrative ineptitude – that is to blame for their failure to usher this through.

…but if you’re accusing me of making excuses for Pelosi, or of being a Leftist, you’re barking up the wrong tree pally.

I’m saying that Pelosi represents people and interests that are far outside the mainstream. The people in her district, and the “progressive” caucus are who she answers to, and the American people outside of her “Progressive” influences – many of whom are represented by Democrats – are not on board.

She could be the world champion at selling snow to Eskimos, and she wouldn’t have been able to force this through, because her way is not what Americans outside of her limited constituency want.

Am I being clear, or are you still thinking I’m a Leftist?