Captured Friday; the excitement is palatable, the cheers from the public and Congressmen a river of energy flowing through a parched constituency.

From Politico today, it’s been suggested that Nancy is giving the ‘weaker’ Dems permission to back offshore drilling to protect their positions. Is there anything likable about this woman?

But what looks like intraparty tension on the surface is part of an intentional strategy in which Pelosi takes the heat on energy policy, while behind the scenes she’s encouraging vulnerable Democrats to express their independence if it helps them politically…

She believes the whole of Washington will be under Democrat control come January 2009 and at that time they can do any damn thing they like. $10 a gallon gas, anyone?