By Ronald M. Peters Jr., Cindy Simon Rosenthal
While the Democrats retook keep an eye on of the U.S. condominium of Representatives in January 2007 after twelve years within the barren region, Nancy Pelosi turned the 1st girl speaker in American background. In Speaker Nancy Pelosi and the hot American Politics, Ron Peters, one in every of America's prime students of Congress, and Cindy Simon Rosenthal, considered one of America's top students on ladies and political management, supply a entire account of the way Pelosi grew to become speaker and what this tells us approximately Congress within the twenty-first century. they think about the main matters that Pelosi's upward thrust offers for American politics, spotlight the middle topics that experience formed, and proceed to form, her striking caree, and speak about the demanding situations that girls face within the male-dominated international of yankee politics, relatively at its maximum degrees. The authors additionally make clear Pelosi's political history: first because the scion of a strong Baltimore political relatives whose strength base lay in East Coast city ethnic politics, and later as a winning flesh presser in what's essentially the most liberal urban within the kingdom, San Francisco. Peters and Rosenthal hint how she equipped her base in the residence Democratic Caucus and eventually consolidated sufficient strength to win the Speakership. They convey how twelve years out of energy allowed her to style a brand new snapshot for residence Democrats, they usually finish with an research of her institutional management variety. the single full-length portrait of Nancy Pelosi in print, this remarkable quantity bargains a shiny and insightful research of 1 of America's so much striking politicians.
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To be sure, public attitudes have been transformed over the period of Pelosi’s own adult life, but doubts remain among significant portions of the population. 2 demonstrates that a substantial segment of the populace doubts women’s qualifications for political office. 6% of men agreed that men were better suited for politics than women. 2% of housewives also agreed that men are better suited for politics. At the same time, 15% of Democratic women agreed with that statement, compared to 34% of Republican women.
This made it more difficult to argue for a California successor, especially one who, like Pelosi, was a Manatt ally. Manatt was also at the time involved in a fight over delegate selection rules, and Pelosi had been in charge of enforcing the rules in San Francisco. And she encountered additional obstacles. 8 To other DNC members, she was simply too liberal, representing a city that was well known for its left-leaning politics and substantial gay community. And, it was said, Pelosi suffered from a reaction against the vice presidential candidacy of Ferraro, who some believed had been a drag on the Mondale ticket.
Newt Gingrich had led the Republicans to victory by pursuing an ideological and confrontational politics, rejecting the accommodating style of Republican leader Bob Michel. Clinton’s compromises may have been in his interest, but they often betrayed core Democratic positions and served to constrain congressional Democrats. Pelosi was willing to compromise when necessary, but she always saw compromise as a step toward achieving her ultimate policy goals rather than as an alternative to them. Acquiring Influence Such an incremental approach would be served by the accretion of influence, and so we must ask: How did Pelosi go about acquiring influence in the House?