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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums“The politics be damned, this is about what we came to do.” —Nancy Pelosi
Nancy Pelosis Tireless Obamacare Push Vindicated by Supreme Court Ruling
by Eleanor Clift Jul 4, 2012 4:45 AM EDT
The wily House minority leader put everything on the line to pass the presidents health-care bill, remained confident it would survive legal challengeand was proved right when the Supreme Court largely upheld it.
Among her first phone calls were her husband (Sweetie, we won.) and Vicki Kennedy, Sen. Ted Kennedys widow, telling her, Now Teddy can rest.
Ted Kennedy had long been the inspiration for health care as a right, not a privilege, calling it the cause of my life, and Nancy Pelosi, in her role as the first woman speaker of the House, had made it happen. Rushing to a hastily called meeting of her caucus shortly after the Supreme Court announced its decision to uphold the Affordable Care Act, Pelosi encountered California Rep. George Miller, one of her staunchest allies. What a great victory! she said. You bet your ass (it is) he said. I did, she replied, as they both laughed.
Pelosi put everything on the line to push for passage of the ACA. She had confronted Rahm Emanuel, then the White House chief of staff, who was urging President Obama to adopt a scaled-back version that would cover only children. She dubbed it Kiddie Care, likening it to the eensy, weensy spider, teeny tiny, a legislative effort so small it wasnt worth her bother. Emanuel told the Chicago Tribune after the vote that he had advised the president about the political cost of doing this. And thank God for the country, he didnt listen to me.
On decision day last week, Pelosi wore her lucky purple pumps, the same ones she had on when the ACA passed on March 21, 2010. When Obama called, she held the receiver up so he could hear the cheers from the Democratic Caucus. She and her staff later celebrated with brownie bites and cake from Costco (not paid for at taxpayer expense, an aide points out). The festivities were a far cry from the reception she received after the 2010 election, when 52 Democrats lost their seats, many blaming the unpopular health-care bill, and by implication, their leader, for browbeating them into voting for the legislation.
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The politics be damned, this is about what we came to do, she said at a news conference following the high-court decision. And any time we want to waste time seeing it through a prism of what does this mean in terms of the election, we undermine our purpose in coming here and acting upon our beliefs. We are very, very excited about this day. It is historic. It ranks right up there when they passed Social Security and Medicare, and now being upheld by five justices of the Supreme Court.
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“The politics be damned, this is about what we came to do.” —Nancy Pelosi (Original Post)
babylonsister
Jul 2012
OP
Mr. Obama has been finding his way easier without Rahm whispering in his ear.
Ikonoklast
Jul 2012
#3
darkangel218
(13,985 posts)1. I love Nancy Pelosi!
She's such a smart and straight forward lady <3
OnyxCollie
(9,958 posts)2. "Impeachment is off the table."
Thanks a lot, Nancy.
Larry Ogg
(1,474 posts)4. When Pelosi speaks all I can hear is this...
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=838687
MY conclusion is that she is a conservative without credibility, and lacking in moral values.
She would not be in elective office without the financial support of the 1%.
MY conclusion is that she is a conservative without credibility, and lacking in moral values.
She would not be in elective office without the financial support of the 1%.
Ikonoklast
(23,973 posts)3. Mr. Obama has been finding his way easier without Rahm whispering in his ear.
Turd Way Rahm was a polical appeaser despite all of his tough talk and foul-mouthed Small Man compensation act.