Speaker Pelosi Speaks

"The campaign is over. The Democrats are ready to lead."

We'll see. If I were writing President George W. Bush's lines for his morning press conference, I'd invite Speaker-designee Nancy Pelosi to the White House to listen to her "new directions" for Iraq.

This is not a Democratic problem. It's an American problem. As Barack Obama just said, "most of all, this is about a change in Iraq." But nothing was articulated during the campaign. We're going to learn fairly soon if somebody has a good idea about what to do next about this horrible conundrum the Bushites got us into.