From Juan Cole, Informed Comment, 17 December 2009:
“Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi says that it is up to President Obama to sell his troop surge to Democrats in Congress. Then she called for a bowl and washed her hands.”
Based on remarks by Pelosi to reporters:
- “The president is going to have to make his case.”
- “What I’ve told members is to give the president room, to listen to what he has to say”
- Many House Democrats “are eager to have a vote soon on Afghanistan”
