When Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) was interviewed on Late Edition with Wolf Blitzer on February 10, 2008, regarding the surge of troops in Iraq, “she said, ‘There haven’t been gains, Wolf. The gains have not produced the desired effect, which is the reconciliation of Iraq. This is a failure. This is a failure.’ ”
– Karl Rove, Courage and Consequence, Page 484