Reply #53: I wouldn't call it "sexist" since the Republicans aren't attacking her ...

[krkaufman]

... based on her being a woman; rather, they're leveraging her district (SanFran) and liberalism as their bogeyman -- since SanFran elicits those warm feelings of hatred for the GLBT community in their base.

As for our fellow DUers calling for Nancy to renounce intentions for the Speakership, I wouldn't necessarily call them "sexist", either -- assuming they were trying to deflate the Republican attack focused on Pelosi, based on the above. Instead, I'd call them Defeatocrats, running away from the fight, rather than standing up for our values and positions -- just the opposite of what we saw from Nancy Pelosi tonight, on '60 Minutes.'