Lack of leadership showing up again

There has been a lot of left-wing criticism of Nancy Pelosi's effort on Meet The Press with Tim Russert yesterday. Of course, Russert did his usual "ambush" thing with her...playing a video clip of two years ago but Nancy did stumble....badly.....

on edit: Here's the link to Crooks and Liars
and a snippet:

MR. RUSSERT: But the impression, Congresswoman, is that the Democrats take control of Congress it’s payback. They’re going to have the subpoena power...
REP. PELOSI: No. That’s not the case.
MR. RUSSERT: ...and there’s going to be investigation...
REP. PELOSI: Well, that’s wrong. Well, we will have subpoena power.
MR. RUSSERT:..after investigation. You will have subpoena power.
REP. PELOSI: We will have subpoena power, and that's why the Republicans are so afraid that we will be able to show the public how they arrived at a prescription drug bill that is born of corruption. The cost of corruption is, is huge to the consumer, whether it’s a sen—middle-income seniors paying more at the pharmacy, whether it's the—all American consumers paying more at the pump, or home heating oil. How did we get to this place? Those—that is worthy of scrutiny. It’s not—investigation does not equate to impeachment. Investigation is the requirement of Congress. It’s about checks and balances.

Some bloggers are pointing out that there was an opportunity for Nancy to unload on Timmy-boy and put the administration in its place...but she didn't....

The only leadership that showed up yesterday was Howard Deam who openly mocked Tom Delay on This Week....

The problem is that we only have one Howard Dean and he can't be at all places at once.....we need good, articulate leadership to push our cause ...even in the face of an ambush.