Here in Denver this week, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has been heckled by fellow Democrats nearly everywhere she goes. It's to the point that before a breakfast "conversation" this morning hosted by Politico and Yahoo News, the audience was warned that any disruptions or demonstrations would result in immediate ejection from the sunny rooftop event.

Hecklers are usually angry about Pelosi's failure to end the war in Iraq.

Elected on the promise to end the war, Pelosi and her Democrats have instead voted repeatedly to fund it until the next administration. Even more galling to the anti-war crowd is that there are even more troops in Iraq under Pelosi's Congress than there ever were during Republican Congresses.

House Democrats now have no less blood on their hands, activists say, than Republicans and the Bush administration.

Pelosi also endures heated criticism for a host of other failures, such as stalled domestic proposals and getting steamrolled on the domestic terrorist surveillance bill.

The most remarkable accomplishment of Pelosi's Congress is that she's managed to lead to current Congress to approval ratings that are even lower than President Bush's.

At this morning's event, Pelosi did not get shouted down by any Democrats, but she's clearly become defensive about her management of Congress.

After listing some mild accomplisments that drew no particular enthusiasm from the audience, Pelosi lamented, "Not ending the war has eclipsed everything else.

Posted by: Informed Voter on August 27, 2008 02:38 PM

       Pelosi is the biggest hypocrite in Congress. She swore in 2006 that if we only put the demoncrats back at the helm, we would see reduced gas prices.

       In 2006 the national average per gallon was $2.19. Today the national average is $3.98. OK, so much for her promise, but wait it gets better. Pelosi says it "Bush's fault" that gas prices are so high, "it's his failed administration and failed energy policies".

       Now someone please correct me if I am wrong, but does or does the President not have to go through her Congress and Reid's Senate to get anything done? As far as I remember in Civics class, the only thing any president can do without Congress' approval is issue an executive order.

       She needs to be held accountable this November, with a strong kick in the back side. Can anyone say Bye Bye Nancy?

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