However, Romney's ad released today, was a breath of fresh air.

The ad doesn't focus on the holidays-- so very different from the rest (and different is good). It also shows a very personal, real, and appealing side of Romney-- something I'm not sure has been conveyed 100% by his previous ads. In this ad, Romney's loyalty and legitimate caring for people within his broader family --in this case, the Bain one--shines through. It nicely gets across the point that Romney is something more than the perfect candidate with the perfect positions and the perfect staff. He's someone with emotions-- strong ones, in fact, which compelled him to take some pretty extraordinary action. And the fact that he took it, and it's recounted by a guy who's deeply grateful for it, tells the voter that if he's elected President, he'd be rea...

This is just a bit amusing. From CQ (subscription required):

Pelosi, D-Calif., said she miscalculated on the biggest issue of the year: Iraq War policy.

After President Bush's party lost control of Congress in an election in which Iraq policy was a central issue, "The assumption I made was that the Republicans would soon see the light," Pelosi told reporters.

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"That was a revelation to me because I felt the American people's voices were so strong and still are in this regard that I hoped that with some compromise and reaching out there might be some change in direction," Pelosi said.

Here's the thing, and I say this as someone distinctly not serving in the role of Big Iraq Cheerleader. The American people's voices were indeed strong last year-- just not in the "regard" Nancy and Harry Reid and co. assumed. Take a look at this piece from TIME. As it makes abundantly clear, voters last year were fed up with what looked like Republican corruption and bad ethics-- and that was the thing most on their minds when they went to cast their ballots. Democrats, including Pelosi, it seems just missed the message. Construing a vote to oust a party home to the likes of DeLay, Ney, Cunningham and others as a vote to end the Iraq War was a mistake. So no surprise then that Nancy has found unwillingness to "compromise" on the war (a joke in and of itself-- note that the Democratic majority seems rather unwilling to move this bill, which really is a compromise bill, unlike what Pelosi, Reid and Co have moved-- which looks more like liberal Democrats take all, while moderates and conservatives get nothing) a "revelation."

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