Remember when the temporary success of Geena Davis’ Commander-in-Chief was said to pave the way for a Hillary Clinton presidency by getting voters accustomed to a competent female chief executive? Isn’t it possible that–if Pelosi assumes the Speakership and flops as badly as some Dems fear–she’ll perform an opposite function, namely souring the voters on the idea of a female executive? Two-years worth of saccharine robotic liberal pollster phrases about “America’s children” can do that.
Kaus also finds this hilarious quote from Pelosi on her expected accession to the Speakers’ chair: “The gavel of the speaker of the House is in the hands of special interests, and now it will be in the hands of America’s children.” Heh. Indeed.