Nancy Pelosi is losing control of the House

  According to this article, Nancy Pelosi is losing control of the House as Democrats are adopting an “every man for himself” attitude with the elections coming up later this year.

  Nancy Pelosi is trying to remain firm in her leadership by trying to coax Democrats to vote in line with the party, but it appears that more and more Democrats are jumping ship. These Democrats are more worried about their re-election chances than they are about following Nancy Pelosi’s lead. Nancy Pelosi’s tenuous hold on the House Democrats could spell real trouble for Barack Obama’s agenda because the American people are rejecting his policies– and in turn are rejecting Democrats who support those policies in general.

  As her influence wanes, and as Barack Obama becomes more toxic in the eyes of the voters, Democrats are turning away from the party agenda and focusing on what their constituents want. The problem that Nancy Pelosi has is evident to me; the Democrats have overreached, they have tried to do much, too fast, and they have scared off the moderate voters that put them in power. Without the support of moderate voters there is no way that many of these Democrats can win re-election, and they are beginning to realize that they have moved too far to the left.

  With the exception of Barack Obama’s more ardent, far left supporters, the American people have rejected the president’s agenda. More specifically, they have rejected the healthcare reform bill and they are frustrated that the administration is not listening to them while they continue to push this legislation.

  This problem is compounded by Barack Obama’s announcement that he will push for “comprehensive immigration reform” before the midterm elections. The American people have already rejected this policy when President Bush tried it a few years ago and they are in no mood to suffer through this issue again when so many Americans are out of work. Even supporters of immigration reform have to be upset that the president is talking about a national ID card, an issue that they see as an affront to civil liberties. Hell, they get upset if a person is asked to show ID when they go to the polls to vote.

 The American people have to be asking themselves why the president is still pushing a healthcare bill they do not want, and is about ready to tackle an immigration bill they do not want, while he is ignoring the issues that Americans care about the most– the economy and jobs.

  It is no wonder that Nancy Pelosi is losing respect in, and control over, the House. Democrats are proving to the American people that they are out of touch, and now Nancy Pelosi is feeling the heat from House members who are having second thoughts about supporting an agenda the American people do not want. Democrats are trying to distance themselves from Barack Obama and Nancy Pelosi before the election in much the same manner that Republicans were trying to distance themselves from George Bush and Dick Cheney when it became toxic to be associated with those two. And Barack Obama has managed to do all of this in one short year in power.