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A tiff in the freakshow perhaps?

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I was SO pleased to read read this little gem this morning over coffee number 2. I find my morning allows for a Pelosi headline only after coffee number 1-otherwise my mood is shot for the duration:

Frustrated by lack of legislative progress in the Senate, Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) is increasingly touting Democratic achievements in the House.

Her statements represent a significant shift from the stance she took six months ago. In March, the Speaker celebrated the first 100 days of the congressional majority by stating, "Democrats have brought the winds of change to the Capitol."

These days, she’s confined to claiming those winds are blowing on her side of the building. In the minds of her caucus members, the Senate is in the doldrums and House members are paying the price for Senate inaction on Democratic priorities.

'Hot air' of change perhaps [barely audible giggle].

Nancy-baby's 'beef?'

"The fact is it’s been hard," said Sen. Byron Dorgan (D-N.D.), who served in the House from 1980-92 and is now in his party’s leadership team as chairman of the Democratic Policy Committee. "The Republicans have been objecting even to motions to proceed of even to going to appropriations bills, so it’s not been an easy time for us. But we’re getting things done."

Aww...poor BABIES. You mean having the majority requires you to actually WORK at getting legislation done? Whodathunkit?

It continues...saying that "Republicans reject that criticism, maintaining Democrats have been stymied because they are regularly overreaching instead of compromising."

More frivolity below the fold...

Yep. Hey Nance? Howzabout coming up with something a little more worthwhile than Murtha pork and renamed Post Offices?

I'll leave you with my picks for the top 2 money quotes. Number 1:

"Let me get this straight: When they were in the minority, it was the majority’s fault when their agenda failed," said Don Stewart, a spokesman for Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.). "And now that they’re in the majority, it’s the minority’s fault? Seriously?"

Number 2:

House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Charles Rangel (D-N.Y.) complained last month about a "Republican-controlled Senate" and hasn’t backed down since. He agrees that Senate Democrats should force votes, rather than simply backing down when Republican senators use procedural maneuvers to block legislation.

"If we don’t go to conference, there’s really no need to legislate anyway," Rangel said. "I do believe if you let them have a couple of filibusters, instead of these agreements, you’d at least know the people’s House is in business."

Read it all-the pity party makes for a whole new look at the sunrise...

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