Nancy Pelosi has something of a reputation as a political genius.
I have always thought of that as, at best, an exaggeration. She certainly has a string of political victories to look back upon, but while she plays the inside game well enough, her roots as a San Francisco liberal and her poor political judgment will tarnish her reputation in the coming years.
“It’s high time to shatter the myth of Nancy Pelosi as a master strategist. Nobody deserves more blame than the ridiculously self-titled “speaker emerita” for the Democrats’ $1 billion electoral collapse.” @mirandadevine https://t.co/Orfzutmk7m
— Mr Producer (@RichSementa) November 18, 2024
Miranda Devine hits the nail on the head in her column at The New York Post. Pelosi’s political skill is not aimed at winning in the conventional sense, nor does she excel at persuading her colleagues….