Madame Speaker

Much of the political discourse in DC and around the country these days is revolving around control of the House. Many pundits predict a change, resulting in obviously a change in Speaker of the House. This job is arguably the most important job next to the President. It sets the agenda for the House, chooses committee members, schedules votes and wields enormous influence. Since almost all bills originate in the House, this adds even greater impact to the job. Additionally, she is only behind the Veep in Presidential succession. Our choices are pretty clear. Love her or hate her, Speaker Pelosi has done what she was supposed to do. She has helped push through a needed stimulus which now by all accounts is indeed helping. She advocated for health care reform and still maintains that the House may act on tax relief before the election even though Senate Democrats have dropped the ball. Nancy Pelosi has passion, strong views and is a skillful leader who doesn't waiver and Americans like strength, consistency and vision from its leaders even if we don't support all the views and beliefs of these leaders. What would we get from John Boehner? Inconsistency, unimpressive ability, and absence of any independent coherent thought and a person who would rather tow the party line than the country line. Boehner has gone from passing out checks on the House floor to tobacco legislators (he is a smoker don't forget), supporting the largest deficit increase in history before the recession, acceptance of his Republican President's entire agenda and an obsession with sound byte speeches, to a deficit hawk under a Democratic President, a clear political gesture which shows him to be nothing more than a puppet of Republican extremist doctrine. Be careful what you wish for. You may get a very unimpressive and clearly self serving buffoon as leader of the House. Where are you Americans for reason and truth?