She shouldn't be supported. We should have supported her challenger in the Democratic primary, and we should probably find one of her challengers to support in November. Nancy Pelosi hasn't supported us. She's allowed all kinds of bills to come up that supported the White House. She refused to consider impeachment, which is morally wrong and poor political strategy. She's made deals with the Republicans and the White House while ignoring the desires of the majority of the Democrats in the country. As a result of her decisions, the war in Iraq has dragged on, nothing significant has been done on global warming, Congress has sold out the Constitution, and they may even be moving to go to war with Iran. She has no accomplishments that would suggest she should stay in the House, let alone be Speaker. So, let me make the case right here that we shouldn't support her, that we should, in fact, do everything in our power to see her defeated in November.

I know this is a brutal assessment, but the truth is that, from the progressive point of view, this Congress has been almost a total loss. I defy anyone to tell me a battle with the Republicans or the White House that we've won. Given the situation, the sooner we make changes, the better.

I don't like to make it personal, but unfortunately only humans hold office in Congress. When mistakes are made and the job goes undone, we have to hold our leaders responsible. As the top leader in the House, Speaker Pelosi is the one we have to hold responsible for the losses and extremely poor performance of Democrats there. If I had a vote, I'd replace the whole Congressional leadership with new people.

Really, I would have preferred that Democrats in the House had taken the hint when there were loud objections as they caved in on the first war supplemental. But no. They wouldn't hear what we had to say. We have to withdraw our support for these people, even if that means a few Republicans manage to get into Congress. Only then, it seems, will these people get the message and start working for the interests of Democrats in this country.