![]() ![]() ![]() (The fact that it is already available for under $10 new and $5 or so used should also indicate something. He has also written for The Wall Street Journal, Wired Magazine, The Denver Post, and is the author of Woman of the House. ![]() In a biography of one of America's top politicians, AND one who had children running all around when she was sworn in as Speaker, for this book to not have a single picture other than what's on the dust cover is ridiculous.Īnd, for the Washington Post's news editor and/or copy editors to misspell John Dingell's name with one "l" and Charles Rangel's with two is sloppy. But, we don't get nearly enough about her pre-election years in San Francisco, not enough detail about how she juggled this and five children, though we do get a few anecdotes, and we don't get a long-term perspective view of how frustrated she does, or does not, feel, with how little the Democratic Congress has accomplished on Iraq in 2007.Īmong other things that are missing - pictures. In short, this is a typical rush-job first bio, especially a typical first bio of a political figure produced by a journalist rather than a professional historian.īzdek does a decent job on Pelosi the politician, at least as far as Pelosi the political strategist. ![]()
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