And Obama better watch it because it looks like she’s foreseeing a time when Obama might want to do an end run around her and she’s warning him not to do it:<\/p>\n
In talks with Emanuel and others, sources say, Pelosi has “set parameters” for what she wants from Barack Obama and his White House staff — no surprises, and no backdoor efforts to go around her and other Democratic leaders by cutting deals with moderate New Democrats or conservative Blue Dogs.
\nSpecifically, Pelosi has told Emanuel that she wants to know when representatives of the incoming administration have any contact with her rank-and-file Democrats — and why, sources say.
\nDuring the Bush years, the White House set policy, and Republicans on Capitol Hill were expected to follow it. Former Speaker Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.) occasionally lashed out at former White House chief of staff Andy Card or other senior administration aides when he felt they had gone too far. But in general, Republican lawmakers followed Bush’s lead on every major legislative battle, from Iraq to tax and spending bills to anti-terror policies. With the exception of immigration reform, the House fight over the $700 billion Wall Street bailout package and last week’s meltdown over a bailout for the Big Three automakers, Bush got what he wanted from Congress, especially within his own party.
\nPelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) are signaling that they won’t tolerate a repeat with a Democrat in the White House and Democratic majorities in the House and the Senate.
\nPelosi “is not going to allow Obama to triangulate her,” said a Democratic source close to the leadership. “It’s not going to happen to her.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\nObama’s proved that he can be rolled by women (look what happened with Clinton), so do you think Pelosi will be the one calling the shots?
\nIt does look like she thinks he’ll try to govern from the center but with the Congress tilted so far left, how’s that ever going to happen? Especially when she’s calling the shots.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"And Obama better watch it because it looks like she’s foreseeing a time when Obama might want to do an end run around her and she’s warning him not to do it: In talks with Emanuel and others, sources say, Pelosi has “set parameters” for what she wants from Barack Obama and his White House…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":119,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[399],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6120","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics-2"],"yoast_head":"\n
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