by user Don Pesci Nancy Pelosi, the powerful Speaker of the US House of Representatives, was a fashionably 15 minutes late, the result, no doubt, of the antique twin engine plane that carries the Speaker hither and yon. US Sen. Chris Dodd gave a well received speech, though the feasters present at the Jefferson, Jackson, Bailey Dinner were anxious to dive into their meals during the last few flagging minutes of the speech. Independent Democrat Sen. Joe Lieberman was not in attendance; religious obligations impended. The big night, it was generally agreed, belonged to presidential aspirant Dodd.