In an explosive memoir released today, former CIA counterterrorism chief Jose Rodriguez provides new evidence that Rep. Nancy Pelosi lied when she declared she had not been briefed about the use of waterboarding.

The House vote Thursday night was a delayed consequence of the public's long-apparent rejection of Democrat policies.

Speaker Nancy Pelosi had effectively lost control of the House, so she decided to shut it down and let Democrats go home and try to salvage their seats, possibly ending her career as House speaker with abrupt defeat.

It's comfortable living in a cocoon -- associating only with those who share your views, reading journalism and watching news that only reinforce them, avoiding those on the other side of the cultural divide.

Liberals have been doing this for a long time. In 1972 the movie critic Pauline Kael said...

Speaker Nancy Pelosi has lost considerable ground as the public grows increasingly skeptical about her priorities, causing more moderate Democrats to consider her a problem for their party.

The Senate bill's abortion language is not House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's only problem, rather, it is whether there are enough votes to pass the Senate's health care bill.