OK, here’s mine. She’s a good cat herder (albiet with a herd that has lower confidence rating than the current president).
You’d be better off asking someone to say something nice about Bill Clinton. Alternatively a very very public representative or senator may get a more fair comparison. Pelosi just wasn’t a “singular” person before her ascension and thus can’t be seen as one now by many, including myself.
I think it’s very unfair to ask the same of Nancy’s critics that is asked of W’s. Not that demonizing her as “Nancy Pelosi (D-Ca)” is acceptable.
George (or Bill) is (was) out up front. It was easy to see what they did and do since as president is a singular office with no one to legitimately hide behind. The buck unquestionably stops at their desk. House Speaker and the Senate Majority Leader, on the other hand (especially one sitting in opposition to the oval office who is explicitly elected – house speaker/senate majority leader is an accident of a convergence of votes for the house and senate), is not as “distinct.” Thus, the poor slob becomes the dysfunctional alloy of all the “them” on the other side unless you are able to stand well upfront as a genuine leader and not many speakers or majority leaders have been able to do that.
