Why should Pelosi keep her word and invite Trump to give the SOTU?
The SOTU is a HUGE bargaining chip and the one thing the Republican egomaniac wants most.
I hope Pelosi at least delays it until the three weeks pass. It will be an embarrassment and a wake up call for all Republicans.
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She knows how to play him. Reel him in... give him some line... reel him in... give some slack. She's tiring him out showing him that it's futile. Reminding him that he's picked a battle that he cannot win.
OMG! Can you imagine where we'd be now if the "Never-Nancy" folks had gotten their way?? Amazing to think about how some wanted to choose someone else to be Speaker. There was so much hand-wringing about wanting "new blood" or "someone younger" ... and how it was time to "hand over" control to a new generation because the "old folks" already had their chance. Basically they wanted change for the sake of change. What a short-sighted mistake that would have been! Especially NOW.
That entire group has gone completely silent. But I love how Nancy Pelosi is showing them a thing or two, too.
Pelosi isn't a lying a'hole like she faces daily from the RW. I'd like to think no Dem/Progressive would suggest otherwise.
which she will surely use as LEVERAGE. 
The open question is how will she elect to use that leverage. She could use it to get a great deal that Republicans hate, or she could use it to permanently deny him the forum he so desperately wants to use for a prime time nationally televised liefest.
It's going to be very interesting watching her tease him with it and how it plays out. 
