This article will give you a case of the “Monday’s”: WaPo’s Jonathan Weisman scours Capital Hill for Democrats who will go on record against Speaker Pelosi’s recent decisions and finds some! This dissent comes after Pelosi engineered the “6 for ’06” votes to garner plenty of GOP support and actually finished the job in only 42 hours of House floor time. Seriously, people, if you’ve got quibbles, grumble them to your leadership in private; don’t plaster them on the pages of the Washington Post. The worst offender? Rep. Jim Costa:

Some Democrats were frustrated with her decision not to give Republicans a chance to offer even one amendment on the six bills that passed in the initial spate. … “As we try to move forward, we have to make sure transparency and cooperation is part of the legislative process,” said Rep. Jim Costa (D-Calif.), an advocate of more comity in the House.

That perspective is a Republican talking point. The Democrats campaigned on these six issues, and the American people voted for us: how much more debate do you want?! Now, if Pelosi restricts debate on more complex issues (e.g., Iraq policy), Costa might have a point, but we haven’t even gotten there yet.
I don’t understand how these statements are in Costa’s best interest. His constituents don’t read Jonathan Weisman, and he doesn’t need to move to the center as he ran unopposed last cycle. Given that Pelosi isn’t going anywhere soon, could bashing the leadership help his reputation in any way, shape or form? Maybe guys like him just like seeing their name in print…sad.