Can anyone point out any substantive criticism of Pelosi?

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68. Courage?! Is that an intentional put-down? Or do you

believe that #FiveWhiteGuys jerk who said we have plenty of women who could do the job?

There is so far no one whose colleagues would replace her with. Steny Hoyer waited for years, studying, planning for the position but seems to have aged out of it. They're not electing the president of a photography club here, you know. They need someone whose ability will strike dread into the hearts of Republicans nearly as much as reelecting Nancy.

Here's Obama telling people what he knows, which should be very eye-opening to those whose notions about her have been filtered through hostile figures and media.

Verbatim from the part I heard:

"I think Nancy Pelosi, when the history is written, will go down as one of the most effective legislative leaders that this country's ever seen. And Nancy is not always the best on a cable show or with a quick soundbite or what have you, but her skill, tenacity, toughness, vision, is remarkable. Her stamina, her ability to see around corners, her ability to stand her ground and do hard things and to suffer unpopularity to get the right thing done I think stands up against any person that I've observed or worked directly with in Washington during my lifetime."

More of this interview as summarized in Politico:

Obama said instead of "performance art," what's most important are the "nuts and bolts" of governance -- "the blocking and tackling involved in actually getting things across the finish line. And my experience has been that Nancy Pelosi knows how to do that, and she was an extraordinary partner for me throughout my presidency," Obama said.

One thing Obama didn't mention is that Nancy raised half the money the DNCC spent to get good candidates elected this year, several hundred million. Did you know that in 2016 only 4 of about 88 members of our Progressive Caucus were able to sign the pledge not to take big donor money? Most couldn't and get elected because their constituents' lower incomes won't match the huge money poured in by the right's dark-money donors. The same goes for many in the Black Caucus and others. Speaking of courage, or more accurately of lacking the guts to take on a truly enormous job, until we establish public funding, which is very much on our agenda, whoever replaces her has to do that, constantly, on top of an already killer, stress-filled schedule.

Something else you might not know is that, though major legislative achievements are normally named for the current president, America's first-ever national healthcare plan, finally passed after 70 years of struggle against extreme intense opposition, could deservedly be called Pelosicare, though she might have preferred Demscare because a whole lot of people in both houses and many NGOs also worked ferociously to make it happen.