CAN I GET AN AMEN!:

Pelosi's gamble: She's running for Minority Leader, ratcheting up tensions with moderates (Greg Sargent, 11/05/10, Washington Post: Plum Line)

Nancy Pelosi Tweets that she's running:

Driven by the urgency of creating jobs & protecting #hcr, #wsr, Social Security & Medicare, I am running for Dem Leader.

With moderate Dems howling in terror of a Pelosi candidacy, this will embolden the progressive wing, which is already sensing growing power in the wake of the disastrous losses among Blue Dog Dems, to pressure Obama against being overly conciliatory with the House GOP majority.

So the Democratic Party will be led for the next two years by Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid. How's that been working out for them?

Posted by Orrin Judd at November 5, 2010 3:02 PM