Pelosi Bullish on the Future

• By Tory Newmyer
• Roll Call Staff
• July 28, 2008, Midnight

Nancy Pelosi is riding high.
Coming off a series of legislative wins — most recently last week, after President Bush backed off his veto threat on a Democrat-backed housing bill — and entering the homestretch of her first Congress as Speaker, the San Francisco Democrat can scarcely find a flaw in her own performance. Asked to name her greatest accomplishment, she spends six minutes ticking off victories on everything from fuel efficiency to veterans’ benefits.