William Burton blogs Slate and highlights the differences between the Democrats and Republicans.

His Step by Step below is worth repeating here:

1) The Democrats have absolutely no power to push an agenda right now

2) Because of this, they have no responsibility to push an agenda

3) Their only duty is to block the bad shit that Bush wants to do to our country

4) Blocking stuff is better done by fighters than by compromisers

5) Nancy Pelosi is a fighter, neither Martin Frost nor Harold Ford is

6) Therefore, I think Pelosi is a good leader for the House Democrats right now