Can anyone point out any substantive criticism of Pelosi?

[Bucky]

48. Oh good heavens

I am basing my comment on personal experience in talking with younger progressives during the 2016 election. We should always remember two things about Hillary Clinton in discussing "why she lost":

1. She got 3 million more votes than bone spurs got. She didn't lose lose. The EC was rigged

2. She's been subjected to a quarter of a century of Lies, smears, distortions, and personal attacks I don't think anyone could stand up to. That shapes a person.

So yes, as unfair as it is, a lot of younger voters who've never heard anything but mendacius smears against her are going to receive her in the morn negative light. Add to it that she's been at the top of the Heap in Washington for a long time and was running in a party that always gets turned on by talk of change, and you get a recipe for under-performance. And in just a few critical swing states, under performance is exactly what happened.

In an Ideal World, politicians would run exclusively on their ideas and merits. We do not live in that world.