Helen Thomas: Change in Iraq if Dems get some backbone

SFGate Politics Blog ^ | 11/9/6 | Helen Thomas

[SmithL]

While Speaker-elect Nancy Pelosi and President George W. Bush chat over lunch, Helen Thomas and Marc Sandalow can only speculate about what's on the menu. An olive branch from Bush, maybe?

Other questions Helen considers: How will Bush deal with the new Congress? How will Pelosi handle the more conservative members of her party? Will anything change in Iraq? And will the Dems try and impeach the President?

[SmithL]

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[Carling]

Pelosi called Bush "disgusting" the day before the election, and yet he sits and eats lunch with her.

I'm "disgusted".

[bybybill]

Give the President a little credit, this game just got started. The lefties will be after Pelosi`s store bought scalp by June. The Rats do now control Congress and Bush has to deal with them. Reagan did and so can GWB.

[psjones]

Man, I could never be able to play nice after being insulted the way the dems insulted the president. I don't know, maybe being in politics long enough makes one learn to take that kind of stuff with a grain of salt.

[Carling]

I'll give it a shot.

Immediately canning Rumsfeld didn't get this off to a good start, though.

[seanmerc]

They'll never be able to get Pelosi's scalp off her head. Her face is pulled too tight.

[bybybill]

There`sa joke in there someplace but Mr Robinson might not approve