2006: Nancy Pelosi and 'The Party of No' - The New Editor

2006: Nancy Pelosi and 'The Party of No' - The New Editor: "It seems a day doesn't go by without a Democrat -- or one of the party's media allies -- leveling the charge that 'the Republicans have become the Party of No.'

Despite the fact that there are anywhere from 6 to 14 different Republican health-care reform proposals in the House, this meme constantly gets repeated with regard to health-care reform.

Back in August 2006, Time magazine's Perry Bacon Jr. wrote an article about then-Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, which included an overview of the political strategy of the then-Minority Leader in opposing Social Security reform in 2005.

Time's Bacon wrote, in part:

... Pelosi has embraced hard-knuckle partisanship, even if it means standing still. When Bush announced his Social Security plan last year, Pelosi told House Democrats they could never beat him in a straight-ahead, policy-against-policy debate because he had the megaphone of the presidency and was just coming off re-election. So the Democrats would thunderously attack Bush and argue there was no Social Security crisis and therefore no need for them to put out their own proposal. Some members were leery, concerned that Pelosi would make the Democrats look like the Party of No. As the spring of 2005 wore on, some pestered her every week, asking when they were going to release a rival plan. 'Never. Is never good enough for you?'...

Time's Bacon wrote this about Rep. Pelosi's general overall strategy toward Republican legislative initiatives:"