Columnist
Every movement needs a good enemy to hate. Red Sox Nation needs the New York Yankees, the Washington Redskins need the Dallas Cowboys, and
Barack Obama needs
Dick Cheney.
... and it turns out that while nobody knows who
Harry Reid is -- the Republicans may very well
need Nancy Pelosi to have a chance of winning in 2010.
Republican sources I've talked to tell me Pelosi's negatives in several key Congressional districts are through the floor.
And according to a source at the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) who spoke to me on background today, it is "impossible" for Pelosi "to campaign on behalf of any Democrat." The source added that, "Other than out-of-touch, far-left candidates, Pelosi will have a negative impact on any campaign she touches."
Perhaps more interesting is that the source spoke these words
before we learned of Pelosi's comments today regarding how
the CIA "misled" her.
Democrats have recently attempted to run against non-candidates like
Rush Limbaugh. Expect Republicans to "nationalize" San Francisco's Nancy Pelosi in 2010 ...