Speaker Pelosi: Pro and Con

Pro:  Talented and experienced cat herder who always managed to get the votes for Obama’s programs;  successful electoral and legislative tactician who masterminded the Democrats’ victory in 2018.

Con:  Often caricatured successfully by Republicans as a San Francisco limousine liberal who is completely out of touch with average people and threatens men;  not great on TV.

The solution:  Split the job, either temporally or functionally.  If the former, have her retire after one more year of acting as Speaker; by then, the candidates for president will be delivering the party’s message.  If the latter, let her do the inside stuff, and leave the PR to someone new.