It will take some time for the Democrats to compile a list of scapegoats, but for the interim Christopher Beam points his finger at those most likely to cop a fair whack of the blame for the party’s poor midterm results - including Nancy Pelosi, Chris Van Hollen and, of course, Barack Obama.
Nancy Pelosi
Ladies, we need more Nancy Pelosis
We’re in desperate need of women in senior lawmaker positions, writes Alexandra Starr. The over 100 countries with gender-based affirmative action are just proving that quotas aren’t changing who’s in charge.
How to be one of the 100 most powerful women in the world: tweeting helps
Forbes’ annual list of the 100 Most Powerful Women in the World was released on Wednesday. What are the secrets of their success? asks Elly Keating.
Guy Rundle: Rundle’s American bites: Sixty and out … Climate bill cut-up … Justice Denied? … Sanford and Sin
Guy Rundle observations from the land of the free.
Newt Gingrich: why Nancy Pelosi should quit
The Speaker of the House had said that she wasn’t briefed by CIA on waterboarding being used on Guantanamo detainees, then claimed she’d been “misinformed”. Gingrich calls for her to resign.
Pelosi goes on the attack
Republican Nancy Pelosi has attacked the CIA, claiming she was never briefed about water-boarding and that the agency deliberately mislead Congress.
