Secretary of State Pelosi?

Nancy Pelosi is confused. She is the Speaker of the House but time and time again she feels compelled to insert herself into foreign policy at the most inopportune times. A while back she traveled to Syria, meeting with the head of state of a known terrorist state, allowing terrorists to cross their border into Iraq to fuel the insurgency, over the strong objections of the administration.

Now she is in India visiting the Dalai Lama in exile and inserting herself into a very delicate situation involving Chinese politics. Her bungling exacerbates the United States' ability to deal effectively with the China/Tibet conflict because Ms. Pelosi is a well know China basher. Already she has drawn strong negative comment from the Chinese government.

The Constitution grants the executive branch the primary responsibility to conduct foreign policy. In the case of treaties with other sovereign states, the President negotiates the treaties and the Senate votes to ratify the treaties. No role there for the House of Representatives.

I suppose everyone needs a hobby, but Nancy's dabbling is made all the more unfortunate by the fact that she has accomplished so little as Speaker of the House. Of course it is not the worst thing in the world for Congress not to do much. But Nancy and her chamber of horrors have been unable to perform even the most rudimentary duties. For example, Congress must finalize the budget and send it to the President within a particular timeframe. This is one of Congress' most fundamental responsibilities. Congress did not do so. Maybe Nancy should spend less time in a dalliance with the Dalai and focus on doing the people's work within the framework of the Constitution. Nobody likes a constitutional interloper.