Well it sounded good!

Brian Doherty says the Dems first 100 hours has pretty much gone down the drain in a fit of Pelosi-lapooza. As much as she spins the feminist spin or the Italian-American Catholic spin or the reformist sping, Pelosi remains a speaker just like all the other ones before her. Nothing special.

While Pete Townshend’s cynical/wise declaration “meet the new boss, same as the old boss” has become a painfully predictable epigram to summon, it’s unfortunately a perfectly apt reaction to the painful predictability of political reality. Pelosi is the first woman to be speaker of the House—but ultimately, 100 hours of work from now or 1,000, just another speaker of the House.