Yesterday Nancy Pelosi was sworn in as Speaker of the House. I did not want to let this momentous occasion pass without a few brief words.Pelosi becomes the first Democratic speaker of the House since Thomas Foley in 1994. More importantly, she is the first woman speaker of House. We have had 220 years of Congress and this the first time the "marble" ceiling has been shattered.
Pelosi also becomes the first House Speaker from the State of California. She is a liberal from the Bay Area and a progressive.
Most importantly she becomes the most powerful woman ever in U.S. government.
She comes with a very difficult task at hand. The country needs strong leadership on Iraq and ethics. Those will be questions that we address later. For now, let us enjoy one of our own acceding to position of power and influence.
---Doug Paul Davis reporting
