Who pays for all this partying?

Before the holidays kick off, a dose of political news crowds a few front pages. Incoming Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi is planning “four days of celebration” in honor of well, herself as the new speaker. But it’s “more than just a party,” writes the Washington Post.

Pelosi is presenting herself “as the new face of the Democratic Party” and attempting to “restore the party’s image as one hospitable to ethnic minorities, families, religion, the working class and women.”

Thus, the celebratory events will highlight portions of her personal life (visiting her blue-collar Baltimore hinterland, attending Mass at her alma mater) “while muting her liberal voting record and ideology.”

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