Why Nancy Pelosi isn’t at the Debt NegotiationTable: She Doesn’t Say No

[Better Believe It]

Why Pelosi isn’t at the Table: She Doesn’t Say No
By: Jon Walker
June 27, 2011

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi is demanding a seat at the debt negotiation table now that talks are taking place between President Obama and the top Republican congressional leaders. It’s unlikely Pelosi is going to get a real seat at the table, however — she simply hasn’t made a compelling case for Obama to give her one.

Time and time again, the President has been able to cut deals without Pelosi at the table and yet she has delivered the votes he needed, over the objections of her own caucus. The war supplemental that included the $108 billion in IMF funding, the health care bill with the anti-choice language and no public option, the deal to extend the Bush tax cut and the recent Libya war defunding vote are just a few prominent examples.

The pattern is so well-established that President Obama can correctly assume that when the time comes, he can count on Pelosi to make sure her caucus walks the plank, no matter what he gives away to Republicans . She cannot point to one example which would indicate she would sink a deal that Obama negotiated without her.

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[montanacowboy]

1. Right

put up or shut up Nancy

[Dept of Beer]

2. Her credibility is being taked off the table.

[Enrique]

3. yeah she was talking about how Boehner will need her caucus's votes

as if she might block the bill. But if Obama is part of the deal, it's hard to imagine Pelosi not going along. Unfortunately.

She has drawn the line once as far as I know, with the detainee photos. Other than that she has delivered everything for Obama, including the Bush tax cuts.

[tularetom]

4. Actually she had no problem saying no when she was asked about impeachment of cheney and bush

[Hawkowl]

5. Obama takes supporters for granted

Pelosi may always turn out for him, but he is sadly mistaken if he is going to get the kind of turn out among left leaning voters come 2012. If he thinks 2010 was bad...

[OHdem10]

6. As usual, the WH bows to whims of Republicans. It has been

reported on TV more than once, the Republicans do not
want her in the room.