Nancy Pelosi's Nonpower

Open e-mail to Editor of Washington Times:

Dear Editor,
I am tired of hearing about the activities and/or comments of Nancy Pelosi. For example, one of your recent publications stated, "Pelosi sends holiday card to Democrats, praises them for bucking Obama in shutdown showdown".
That statement is not worth the paper it's written on. Nancy Pelosi is now a nothing. She had been Speaker of the US House of Representatives from January 2007 to January 2011, when the Democrats held a majority in the house. She was deposed by the new speaker, John Boehner in January 2011, when the Republicans obtained a majority in the House. Suffice to say that the House Speaker has a lot of power in legislative action, which is reserved to Congress by the Constitution.
In addition to the House Speaker, the majority party designates a Majority Leader. At present, Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy is primarily responsible for scheduling the House Floor's legislative calendar and direct management for all House committees.
The minority party designates a Minority Leader. At present, Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi is spokesperson for her party. It is her function and duty to criticize constructively the policies and programs of the majority. In other words, she has the power of complaining, as we all do. In effect, she has no power in government, except for name recognition and does not justify continuing news references to her. Such references only give the impression that she has power, when she does not.