Congratulations to Speaker Pelosi

This is an historic day, seeing a woman delivering an address as the Speaker of the House for the first time. Unlike Mcjoan I don't think the press is ignoring it, but it does deserve full recognition. And I like that the first issue she took up in her speech was the war in Iraq. It's somewhat smart to, as Steve Soto says, wait and see what the President says and then strike with hearings and votes and all the rest. I just didn't want to see the Democrats avoid Iraq, and it looks like they won't.

UPDATE: I should also give a hearty congratulations to Senator Webb, Senator Tester, Senator McCaskill, Representative Murphy, Representative McNerney, and all of the other great legislators we helped get elected back in November. It's really fun to see the change in Washington.