House Speaker Nancy Pelosi(D-San Francisco)

From the Drudge Report:

The most powerful woman in the history of American politics is suffering a humiliating defeat at the nation’s bookstores, sales figures show.

In her first week at market, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi sold just 2,737 copies of her book KNOW YOUR POWER, according to NIELSEN BOOKSCAN.

The DOUBLEDAY release was launched with a full media push, featuring high profile interviews on TODAYTHEVIEWTHISWEEK.

Pelosi’s sales debacle [#41 on the Non-Fiction Chart] is dramatically overshadowed by the first high profile anti-Obama book, OBAMA NATION, which debuts at #1 on both the BOOKSCAN and the NEW YORK TIMES Bestseller List, with 21,466 copies moved, industry insiders tell DRUDGE.

t/b:  Hot Air,  Michelle Malkin

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Newt Gingrich criticizes Nancy Pelosi and the Democrat Congress on their refusal to allow an up or down vote on drilling for oil in the US.  Gingrich praises House Republicans for keeping the drilling issue front and center.

h/tip: Hot Air

t/b: Michelle Malkin

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Nancy Pelosi

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi(D-San Francisco) is grilled on her position for not allowing an up or down vote in the House for offshore drilling. She stumbles through her explanation.

t/b: Michelle Malkin,  Hot Air

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Reid & Pelosi

The Democrat party controlled congress has reached a record low approval rating.  Will the Pelosi-Reid partnership continue for another 2 years?  Is the electorate still asleep?

From Gallup:

Congress’ job approval rating has dropped five percentage points over the past month, from 19% in June to 14% in July, making the current reading the lowest congressional job approval rating in the 34-year Gallup Poll history of asking the question. The previous low was 18%, last reached in May.

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The 75% currently disapproving of Congress is just shy of the record-high 78% in March 1992.

These results, from a July 10-13 Gallup Poll, follow 18 months of dismal job approval ratings for Congress, during which approval has usually registered below 30%, and has averaged only 25%.

Still, the 14% approval rating is extraordinary. Approval of Congress has fallen below 20% only six times in the 34 years Gallup has measured it. Including the latest reading, four of those have come in the past year: in July, June, and May 2008, and in August 2007. The two additional readings were from March 1992 (in the midst of the House bank check-kiting scandal) and June 1979 (during an energy crisis that resulted in surging gas prices and long gas lines), when either 18% or 19% of Americans approved of the job Congress was doing.

The latest Rasmussen poll shows that President Bush has a low approval rating of 33% (twice that of Congress’ approval).

For the week ending July 13, just 33% of Americans say they approve of the way that George W. Bush is performing his job as President.

t/b: Michelle Malkin

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It seems strange that the Democrats have any chance of re-election in November.  The Democrat controlled congress has an all time low approval rating of   9% according to Rasmussen Reports.

The percentage of voters who give Congress good or excellent ratings has fallen to single digits for the first time in Rasmussen Reports tracking history. This month, just 9% say Congress is doing a good or excellent job. Most voters (52%) say Congress is doing a poor job, which ties the record high in that dubious category.

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Democrats praise the Supreme Court ruling that gives suspected terrorists held by the U.S. military at Guantanamo Bay the right to challenge their detention in federal court.

Barack Obama praised the 5-4 ruling that allows terrorists awaiting military tribunals at Guantanamo Bay to appeal their cases to U.S. civilian courts.

“The court’s decision is a rejection of the Bush administration’s attempt to create a legal black hole at Guantanamo — yet another failed policy supported by John McCain,” Obama said.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) praised the Court for “uphold[ing] the constitution of the United States” and reiterated her desire to see Gitmo shut down.

Other Democrats quickly followed suit after the court ruled 5-4 that the U.S. military lacks the legal authority to prosecute as many as 300 prisoners. The detainees sued the government to contest their imprisonment and the current rules used to try them in military tribunals.

“Today’s Supreme Court decision in Boumediene v. Bush is a stinging rebuke of the Bush administration’s flawed detention policies,” said Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), “and a vindication for those who have also argued from the beginning that it was unwise as well as unconstitutional.”

The issue has often spilled over from the courts into the legislative branch. In 2006, Congress passed a law limiting the court jurisdiction to hear similar types of challenges.

“Time after time,” says Sen. Russ Feingold (D-Wis.), “the Supreme Court has rebuffed the administration’s attempts to undermine the Constitution.”

Senator Lindsey Graham(R- SC) on the decision:

“The American people are going to wake up tomorrow and be shocked to hear that a member of Al Qaeda has the same constitutional rights as an American citizen,” said Graham.

“[Even] the Nazis never had that right.”

Nothing more to be said… Democrats support our enemies. To hell with the strict enforcement of the Constitution.

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Nancy Pelosi(D-San Francisco) is the third in line for the Presidency after the Vice President.

How is it that she gets away with such nonsense as crediting the goodwill of the Iranians for the surge in Iraq? This woman is Not too swift, illinformed , dangerous and a very loose unit.

The Next Republican Political campaign ad: Nancy thanks Iran for peace in Iraq.

Nancy Pelosi the gift that keeps on giving… to the Republicans.

By the way: Have you ever noticed that when she raises her eyebrows she can’t close her eyes?

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Can one overdose on Botox?

Does Botox create stupidity if absorbed in large doses?

t/b: Hot Air, Michelle Malkin

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