ksmith | Madame Speaker

As the Washington Press Corps and the various pundits trot out the same old same old about fractured Democrats and the non-reality-based perceptions of Nancy Pelosi's weaknesses (laced with some sexism just to add flavor), pardon me while I pick myself off the floor and ponder the name of the man who allowed her some credit for what she's accomplished, Tom freakin' Delay:

On a panel discussing the possibilities for Time's Person of the Year award, Delay said:

"I'm going to shock you," said he. "I think the real Person of the Year ought to be Nancy Pelosi, the new speaker of the House. She worked for years putting a strategy together, building a huge coalition. She held the Democrats together in the House like I have never seen before. She is going to change America!"

Hey, journalists? When Tom freakin' Delay gives a better sense of Nancy Pelosi's accomplishments than you do, I think you should rethink what you're doing.

Me again, admitting that I am not looking forward to all the subtle and not-so-subtle misrepresentations of Pelosi that I'll be hearing from Dana Milbank (sp?) and his ilk over the next few years.