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Pelosi Record Means Public Option Viable, Asserts Ex-White House Aide and Aging Committee Director Robert Weiner; San Francisco Chronicle Op-ed 'Pelosi Power'
October 9, 2009House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's record of passing all the bills she has brought forward -- despite opponents' caricature of her as inept -- mean that the health public option remains viable in the House and the House-Senate conference, says ex-White House staffer and former House Aging Committee and Health Subcommittee Chief of Staff Robert Weiner. Pelosi told Weiner, "We will not be deterred. We will pass the bill." In an op-ed column in today's San Francisco Chronicle, "Pelosi Power: Public Option Still Viable," Weiner and Rebecca Vander Linde, research chief at Robert Weiner Associates, write that Pelosi opponents' "caricatures have become commonplace -- the Republican National Committee video puts House Speaker Nancy Pelosi side by side with James Bond's villainess, Miss Galore. The Iowa Republican, a party newsletter, on Sept. 18 called Pelosi 'inept at her job.' Actor and former Sen. Fred Thompson labeled her 'naive.' Full release.