Speaker Nancy Pelosi will stay until at least after the midterm elections, extending her nearly 20-year run as the House's top Democrat after she turns 82 and, perhaps, beyond.
My answer to literally everyone who posed that question was “How about you? It’d be better than Pelosi.”
Shoot at the Queen, you best not miss.
It's easy to say "Pelosi is the worst!" but much harder to float alternatives given the poor base of support most of these alts have. And there are costs associated with rivaling the sitting Speaker. If you lose, you're immediately giving up the chits associated with patronage. Also risk getting Ralph Nader'd in the press and suffering a backlash in your own district.
And if you don't have the votes... simply putting Hakeem Jeffery's name on a piece of paper and saying "This guy is better!" doesn't mean anything unless you can count to 218.
Shoot at the Queen, you best not miss.
It's easy to say "Pelosi is the worst!" but much harder to float alternatives given the poor base of support most of these alts have. And there are costs associated with rivaling the sitting Speaker. If you lose, you're immediately giving up the chits associated with patronage. Also risk getting Ralph Nader'd in the press and suffering a backlash in your own district.
And if you don't have the votes... simply putting Hakeem Jeffery's name on a piece of paper and saying "This guy is better!" doesn't mean anything unless you can count to 218.