Pelosi Aims To Recast Self, Party

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On a scale associated with presidential inaugurations, Nancy Pelosi is planning four days of celebration surrounding her Jan. 4 swearing-in as the first female speaker of the House. She will return to the blue-collar Baltimore neighborhood where she grew up, attend Mass at the women's college where she studied political science, and dine at the Italian Embassy as Tony Bennett sings "I Left My Heart in San Francisco."

But the hoopla is more than just a party.

Pelosi is grabbing the moment to present herself as the new face of the Democratic Party and to recast the party's image as one hospitable to ethnic minorities, families, religion, the working class and women.

"This is important strategic repositioning," said Kathleen Hall Jamieson, who teaches political communication and rhetoric at the University of Pennsylvania. "Essentially, she's trying to embody the Democratic Party that she would like to offer the nation in 2008."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/12/21/AR2006122101865.html

[CatWoman]

1. this story warms my heart, and brings a smile to my face

you go, Nancy :)

[Monkeyman]

3. Yep I got my invite to the Party from her

[madrchsod]

2. she`s going to take the party back from the neo-liberals?

that`s a refreshing idea is`t it?