The Old Democratic Misdirection Play on Tax Hikes
- By David Winston
- Roll Call Contributing Writer
- Jan. 9, 2007, Midnight
The show put on by Democratic leaders as they took control of Congress last week was the best entertainment since Al Gore did the Macarena. Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) raced from party to party as she crafted a new image for herself — think Gloria Steinem plays Horatio Alger to a Democratic chorus of “over the river and through the woods to grandmother’s ‘House’ we go.”
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