She's Back!

To the great surprise of many, Nancy Pelosi was elected by the House Democratic Caucus to be House Minority Leader. Looking at this issue objectively, the Democratic House caucus made a big mistake. They put back into the power the woman who was a major factor in the Republican upset in the 2010 midterm elections. The Democratic strategists were surely asleep at the wheel when the decisions were made.

Nancy Pelosi is one of the most disliked politicians today, with approval ratings from Independents and Republicans in the single digits. Large amounts of Democrats even wanted her gone, and even a few challengers arose to try and remove her from the tip of power in the House Democratic Caucus. All attempts to push Pelosi aside were unsuccessful, and she will remain as the top Democrat in the House.

The real effect of this is going to play out in 2012. I believe Nancy Pelosi will be one of the major death knells of the Democratic Party. She leads what is portrayed to be a center-left party as a U.S. Representative from San Francisco, one of the most liberal Congressional districts in the nation. She has lead the party from being center-left party to a rubber stamp party for Obama's radical leftist agenda. She has lead the assault on the middle class, preserving high unemployment rates and dumping trillions of dollars of debt upon the backs of the American citizen.

Nonetheless, she's the winner! Comments such as "The reality is that she is politically toxic" by Rep. Mike Quigley seemed to have no effect in today's vote. This can only be a good sign for Republican prospects in 2012.