Pelosi Becomes Speaker, Preparing to Confront Bush

She has already made history, she is tough and smart and she will sure as hell need to be.

I do not envy her in the least, but I hope, that at the end of the next 6 months, I can still admire her. I am sure as hell betting on it.

Speaker Pelosi, do what you have to do, Just Remember these three words:

Restoration, Truth and Accountability.

(....and contrary to popular belief, not every damn thing that happens in the world is about Hillary Clinton!)

Pelosi Becomes Speaker, Preparing to Confront Bush - Yahoo! News:

(Bloomberg) -- Nancy Pelosi, making history today as the first female speaker of the House, is taking office with two goals: becoming an effective counterweight to President George W. Bush, and proving that a woman can thrive at the summit of U.S. political power.

Pelosi's attacks on Bush while minority leader are credited by many Democrats with helping them win control of Congress for the first time since 1994. As speaker, she'll be dealing with a narrow majority and a president with veto power, making decisions about when to work with Bush and when to confront him.

Pelosi won election as speaker today by a vote of 233-202.

While women have served as Supreme Court justices, lawmakers and in senior Cabinet roles, none has ever led her party in political combat at this level. Her success at retiring the notion that women aren't qualified to manage the responsibilities of top leadership may affect others' aspirations, including New York Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton's possible bid for the White House in 2008.

``As people see Nancy Pelosi on the national stage, setting the agenda and leading the people's House, it helps to set the stage for Senator Clinton in her run for president, and indeed for other women who may want to run for Senate or run for governor,'' said Ellen Moran, executive director of EMILY's List, which raises political funds for Democratic women.