Here’s part of what Pelosi said:
“Today, we will act to avert this crisis, but informed by our experience of the past eight years with the failed economic leadership that has left us left capable of meeting the challenges of the future. We choose a different path. In the new year, with a new Congress and a new president, we will break free with a failed past and take America in a New Direction to a better future.”
Here’s her whole speech. Think Progress notes that “Pelosi’s speech mentions the word ‘Republican’ once — in the context of praising them for bipartisanship: ‘Over the past several days, we have worked with our Republican colleagues to fashion an alternative to the original plan of the Bush Administration.'”
Here are the Republicans laying blame:
(via talking points memo)
