What does it mean that the third in line to the Presidency is going to be a women?
The Speaker of the House to be Nancy Pelosi (D-San Francisco) is in an interesting position. She is the first women to hold the position, this sets the stage I think for a female to run for President in 2008. If for some reason she fails at this position she will indeed hurt her fellow party members intentions of running for President. I think it will be interesting how the political game plays out through her new position. Prior to the 2006 Election, many did not know Mrs. Pelosi however her new position will bring her out onto the National Stage.
The New York Times describes her as someone "who has been a San Francisco congresswoman for 20 years, became minority leader and then guided her caucus to victory by enforcing remarkable party discipline. She curbed the demands of those who share her often-caricatured liberal values, while making a place for the partyÂ’s conservatives, for whom San Francisco is sometimes as distant as the moon."
She has been handed a very difficult task sustaining the Democratic congress for more than two-years. As well she is going to run into the problem that those Democrats elected this week are the most diverse class of Democrats to ever be elected. A strong group ran on the platform to pull out of Iraq right away. Other Democrats are so conservative they often sound like Republicans, as well she must work with those across the aisle. Lastly she is forced to work with President Bush, someone who she has come to political blows with during the last 2 years of campaigning.
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