Pelosi Takes Heat from Right and Left

House Minority Leader John Boehner ignored the criticism of three Democratic House members and doubled down on execution rhetoric by following up his warning that the American people are going to "hang" House Speaker Nancy Pelosi for refusing to call Congress back into session to vote on whether or not more land should be opened up for oil drilling with a post on his blog by someone named Nick titled, "Marie Antoinette, the Book Tour."

John McCain also took a few shots at Pelosi and the Democrats for taking Congress out of session without new legislation in place to reduce oil prices, which, ironically, seem to be dropping like a rock without Congress in session.

In an interview with CNN's Larry King last night Pelosi fired back, pointing out that McCain, who leads the Senate in missed votes this Congress, recently missed "two very important bills on energy". Pelosi also told King that she was open to a vote on drilling.
The Speaker has received a great deal of criticism on the left as well, especially among members of the impeachment movement, who were incensed when, at a book signing, Pelosi admitted that she has not read articles of impeachment against President Bush.

Last week Pelosi received a petition with 100,000 signatures from people who support impeachment from Dennis Kucinich.

Pelosi now officially faces a challenge in her district from anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan, who launched her campaign because Pelosi refused to consider impeachment. Sheehan gathered 17,000 signatures necessary to get on the ballot.

Pelosi also brought her "book tour" to PBS, where she spoke to Tavis Smiley.