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Nancy Pelosi had a grand plan for the first 100 hours, but it seems she neg­lected to plan for the next 17,431. The Demo­cratic man­date was clear, even if the goals were unex­cep­tional — a mod­est increase in the min­imum wage, some col­lege edu­ca­tion reform among, and the elephant-created mess in the room, a new approach to the war in Iraq. But after an ini­tial burst of enthu­si­asm, Con­gress has become a rud­der­less eunuch while the Pres­id­ent remains a lame-duck. How long can Amer­ica con­tinue with such a dearth of leadership?

Pelosi took office to “sup­port and defend the Con­sti­tu­tion of the United States against all enemies, for­eign and domestic.” This is her primary object­ive. Obvi­ously real­politik gets in the way, but with the President’s approval at near record lows, why is she afraid to impeach The Bal­lad of Jack and Rose video Teen­age Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze divx Flight­plan hd Lac des morts vivants, Le hd ?

If it is because she does not want to rock the boat and dam­age the Demo­crats’ chances of re-taking the White House, she has mis­judged the mood of Amer­ica. There is a reason there is so much enthu­si­asm (psy­cho­lo­gical and fin­an­cial) for the freak show of can­did­ates for the 2008 Pres­id­en­tial elec­tion. None of them is par­tic­u­larly excep­tional, but the mood against George W. Bush has pushed the elec­tion cycle for­ward by almost a year, and he has become increas­ingly irrelevant.

Launch­ing impeach­ment pro­ceed­ings would not only uphold Con­gress’ con­sti­tu­tional man­date to act as a check and bal­ance on exec­ut­ive power, it would show cojones and “strong lead­er­ship” which would work in the Demo­cratic nominee’s favour.

Whatever the reason, Pelosi’s decision to hold back is irra­tional. The Demo­crats have a vir­tual lock on the White House in 2008. What a pity that only when doom is assured does a lib­eral Repub­lican like Rudy Giuliani become fron­trun­ner for the GOP.Super­Croc divx