Republican may hate Pelosi, but I think we all know who and what they've been primarily running against for the last year and a half. The bill Pelosis House passed would've gotten libs to the polls, but after it was reconciled with the Senate bill (i.e. gutted) libs stayed home. Obama can tell us this is no time to sit out the process, but if he can do it I don't see why I can't. Particularly when the same David Axelrod who's been spamming me since I stood in the Austin drizzle for Obamas first major rally, next to someone I drove 90 miles (one way) to get there, has suddenly decided my thoughts and feelings are no longer welcome in the administration I nominated and elected (my money, of course, is as welcome as ever ).

Bipartisanship was never on the table here, and I consider it to Pelosis credit that she realized that. How many Republicans in the House and Senate vote for the healthcare bill? Hell, how many of them voted for ANY piece of Obama legislation (y'know, except for the no strings corporate bailouts they call socialism now)? Her style may at times be lacking, her civility, but her basic attitude is entirely justified. You can't "work with" people who've explicitly stated at the outset their only goal is your failure. Given that as many people oppose Obamacare because it did too LITTLE rather than too much, and that a majority still supports healthcare reform, saying her views on the issue don't represent the majority seems questionable to me. One thing of which I'm certain though is that of Pelosi, Reid and Obama, her efforts on healthcare reform reflected the majority will FAR more than those of the other two. Obama and Reid blew this one (HUGELY) but she'll pay the price. Typical.