A good piece in Newsweek by Howard Fineman of Nancy Pelosi's mistake in the leadership race.

Just on a side note, why did Republican-leaning influential bloggers, journalists, and pundits wait until after Trent Lott was appointed whip to complain? Since he won by one vote, surely any kind of orchestrated campaign against his ascension to the leadership position probably would have worked. It seems like it is too late, unfortunately, to do anything now.