Coming up in a couple of days is the certification of the November vote in San Francisco. Pelosi will be reelected -- officially. Also -- officially -- the same voters backed a proposition calling for the House "to initiate an investigation into High Crimes and Misdemeanors committed by President George W. Bush and Vice President Richard B. Cheney and to submit Articles of Impeachment to the United States Senate..."
Looks like Nancy's going to flip off the people who voted for her. Maybe she's doing the right thing. But this is just another damn thing which makes her look... wrong... lacking in political skills... overly establishmentarian. As John Nichols writes in the Nation:
It is of course, Pelosi's right to refuse to implement the official policy of the city that elects her. No law, nor pattern of practice, requires members of Congress to actually represent the views of their constituents. But in coming days, as activists across the country raise the issue of impeachment at rallies and forums nationwide, Pelosi may want to take a few minutes to review the official position of the community that has sent her to Congress.
