FOR OBAMA, A MIXED THANKSGIVING – AT 10:16 A.M. ET:  Mr. Obama has, like all Americans, much to be thankful for.  But one thing, surprisingly, that he might not be thankful for is the continued power of Nancy Pelosi.  It seems Ms. Pelosi is moving into a kind of subtle opposition to the president.  From AP:

WASHINGTON -- Hers was the face on the grainy negative TV ads that helped defeat scores of Democrats. His agenda, re-election chances and legacy are on the line. Rep. Nancy Pelosi of California, chosen after a messy family feud among Democrats to remain as their leader in the new Congress, and President Barack Obama share a keen interest in repairing their injured party after this month's staggering losses.

But Pelosi's mandate is diverging from the president's at a critical time, with potentially damaging consequences for Obama's ability to cut deals with Republicans in the new Congress.

Their partnership is strained after an election in which Pelosi and many Democrats feel the White House failed them by muddling the party's message and being too slow to provide cover for incumbents who cast tough votes for Obama's marquee initiatives.

Pelosi will lead Democrats "in pulling on the president's shirttails to make sure that he doesn't move from center-right to far-right," said Rep. Lynn Woolsey, D-Calif., a co-chair of the liberal Progressive Caucus in the House. "We think if he'd done less compromising in the last two years, there's a good chance we'd have had a jobs bill that would have created real jobs, and then we wouldn't even be worrying about having lost elections."

COMMENT:  Oh dear, oh dear.  It is craziness time at the old corral.  I mean, get that last paragraph.  Lynn Woolsey, Madame Flako of the California delegation, is worried that Obama "doesn't move from center-right to far right."  Really?  Obama is center-right?  As Johnny Carson used to say, "I did not know that."

Nor does anyone else.

This is the kind of thinking that goes on at the Democratic left.  And it's the kind of thinking that Nancy Pelosi will now be defending, as she tries to force the left's agenda on an already leftist and sinking White House.  The Democratic left didn't even notice the recent election.  If it did notice, it didn't care.

And pundits complain about the Tea Party's influence on Republicans.

Look for an internal food fight among the Dems.  I expect to see some of them in "Che" T-shirts before too long.

November 25, 2010