Michelle Cottle writes a really fascinating profile of Nancy Pelosi in the New Republic this week. She writes that Pelosi have so been so effective in blocking the Bush administration and strong arming fellow congressional members that she has a developed a reputation of being "a power broker and
all-around political badass." She is now "being
touted as one of the most powerful speakers in modern history."

Part of Pelosi’s success may be the fact that she’s a woman. She’s able to snow some people who underestimate her strength. She can give a grandmotherly lecture when necessary. And charm and flirt other times.

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