From the Hill:

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) launched her blog Wednesday, appropriately titled “The Gavel.” The blog will “provide an unprecedented forum in real time on how the people’s house is conducting the people’s business,” Pelosi said.

In the clip below, Pelosi introduces the blog and describes her agenda as restoring “oversight, accountability, transparency to our government.” She also mentions the 52 hearings the House has conducted on Iraq and the current resolution on the floor that condemns the President’s plan to send additional troops to Iraq.

VIDEO: http://blog.thehill.com/2007/02/15/pelosi-launches-blog/

It's cute that Pelosi is giving us scripted video access, but I think we'd all rather she allow CSPAN to have full panning rights on the House floor.

And, FYI the video isn't working for me right now. Surprise.

UPDATE: The Republican Study Committee has issued a release that says Pelosi's vlog contains footage from 16 videos that violates C-SPAN copyright material.

The release says:

"In addition to using pirated material, Speaker Pelosi also has used the pirated C-SPAN footage for partisan purposes. The collection of C-SPAN footage used in her 'first official blog' is an example and the other pirated C-SPAN trademarked material shows Democrat after Democrat offering their views of the non-binding Democrat resolution on the reinforcement and realignment of American troops in Iraq."