By Warner Todd Huston ——Bio and Archives--March 18, 2011
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House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi’s not hiding under her desk— she held another press conference Thursday morning to celebrate the one-year anniversary of the health care law next week. The only thing missing was the rest of the heavy hitters. …But neither of the pressers, so far, has featured the all-stars. It’s not just a contrast with last year — it’s also a contrast with Republicans, who have been happy to gather their most vocal critics of the law to blast away at one press conference after another.How far the mighty have fallen, eh? Naturally the Democrats are all waving this off as meaningless. But all their scoffing and all the attempts to obfuscate the truth cannot hide the fact that Pelosi is obviously no longer considered a leader by the Democrat Party. If Pelosi cannot command the presence of even one other Democrat Party leader and is forced to surround herself with backbenchers and no-names, then it is painfully obvious that the leadership see no reason to jump when she rings her bell. I will refrain from saying that this is the fastest fall from power in the history of the House — that would likely be hyperbole — but there is no doubt that her power has evaporated and her stock has dropped faster than a 1929 stock broker. The queen is dead. Long live the queen.
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Warner Todd Huston’s thoughtful commentary, sometimes irreverent often historically based, is featured on many websites such as Breitbart.com, among many, many others. He has also written for several history magazines, has appeared on numerous TV and radio shows.
He is also the owner and operator of Publius’ Forum.