GOPers target Pelosi (again), but they should be worried about Boehner

Today's Washington Post reports that the GOPers are going to target Speaker Nancy Pelosi in elections this year. Um, heard it. It's not like the Post and other political reporters haven't written that story dozens of times over the past ten years. Here's a news flash for the DC political reporters: GOPers have been targeting Pelosi for years. By now, Pelosi's caucus is used to it and know how to fight back against the attacks.

One thing you can say about Speaker Pelosi is that she would never make the kinds of gaffes that her GOP counterpart is making. This week alone, in one speech, Boehner said he'd cut Social Security to fund wars and he actually stated that the recent global economic crisis, the "Great Recession," was an "ant."

Yep, this week, John Boehner not only defined the GOP. He made himself a campaign issue. Boehner told us how he'd govern as Speaker: Wall Street would win. Seniors would lose. It's pretty clear Boehner has disdain and contempt for Americans who suffered in the economic crisis. He and his fellow GOPers drove us over the economic cliff -- and they could care less.

So, the GOP can target Pelosi (again.) The Democrats now have John Boehner to kick around -- and there's so much fodder: