Speculation About Pelosi's Future as GOP Keeps Control of House
Does she want to remain minority leader?
House Republicans easily kept control of the lower chamber on Tuesday, a result that will only intensify questions about the political future of Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi.
The California Democrat had worked tirelessly this election cycle — including a torturous, non-stop run over the last 100 days — to bring the Speaker's gavel back into Democratic hands, visiting scores of battleground districts and raising tens of millions of dollars for struggling members of her party.
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Given how spectacularly incompetent she has proven to be as a congressional leader, I can only hope that she intends to remain in that role for as long as she still has enough skin left to stretch over her entire skull.