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Why Nancy Pelosi Remains Upbeat Despite Dwindling Poll Numbers
nymag.com - 11/2/2009
Why Nancy Pelosi Remains Upbeat Despite Dwindling Poll Numbers
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A few weeks ago, on a Thursday around noon, Nancy Pelosi whirls through the second floor of the Capitol in a sea-foam pantsuit with lots of gold jangling on her arms. The Speaker of the House, the highest-ranking woman in government and third in line to the president, is about to walk the ...
breitbart.com - 10/26/2009
Pelosi: Health care
— breitbart.com — SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) - A government-sponsored "public option" for health care lives, though it may be more... attractive to skeptics if it goes by a different moniker, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Monday. In an appearance at a Florida senior center, ... (more) Pelosi: Health care
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Actual 10-year cost of Pelosi Plan: $1.8 trillion
hotair.com - 11/5/2009
Actual 10-year cost of Pelosi Plan: $1.8 trillion
— hotair.com — Read this post » (more) Actual 10-year cost of Pelosi Plan: $1.8 trillion
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thehill.com - 11/2/2009
Pelosi preps for healthcare plunge
— thehill.com — Ready or not, House Democratic leaders say they are pushing for a healthcare vote this week. Read... more... (more) Pelosi preps for healthcare plunge
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Politics on HuffingtonPost.com:  Nancy Pelosi's Diet Consists Mainly Of Chocolate Ice Cream

The Moderate Voice:  New York Magazine on Nancy Pelosi: “A Castrating San Francisco Shrew”

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Nancy Pelosi's Diet Consists Mainly Of Chocolate Ice Cream
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — ... Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi might appear to be all business and no pleasure, but the all-powerful, pantsuit-wearing politician actually has a soft spot for soft serve. Vanessa Grigoriadis' New York Magazine article about poll numbers, health care, and credit included this sweet tidbit on the speaker's eating habits: ...

New York Magazine on Nancy Pelosi: “A Castrating San Francisco Shrew”
The Moderate Voice — ... this 7-screen profile is not this openly vicious. Vanessa Grigoriadis generally prefers to kill with a thousand paper cuts rather than take a butcher knife to her target of choice. If you’re looking to learn something substantive about Pelosi’s political thinking and/or the professional and personal factors that formed her values and who she is as a person, you will be disappointed. By the time you reach the last sentence, you will know far more about Vanessa Grigoriadis than you will about Nancy Pelosi. ...

Tuesday morning links
Maggie's Farm — ... Those taxes on the rich aren't inflation-indexed. We know what that means. From Ace, the pithily amusing AP: Even If Republicans Win Tomorrow, They Still Suck Related, from Red State: We hear this all time — conservatives in the GOP have to play nice with the moderates. The Krautman has it right: those "saved" jobs are all gummint jobs. Plenty of SEIU jobs, I am sure. Everything - and more - that you might want to know about Nancy Pelosi Related, in WSJ: ...

Broccoli for You, Häagen-Dazs for Nancy Pelosi
Deceiver.com — You might think Nancy Pelosi maintains that grotesque semblance of youth by spending a fortune on plastic surgery. Guess again, dummy! It’s all about eating right. In the cover story on Pelosi in the latest New York magazine, writer Vanessa Grigoriadis includes this wonderful nugget: Suddenly, a door opens, and a beaming servant zooms to Pelosi’s side, stooping to show her the contents of his platter: a delicate bowl, piled high with two luscious scoops of dark-chocolate ice cream. She lets out something you’ve ...

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