Edit: “Yet the departure is only partial: Pelosi will cede her formal leadership seat, but remain in Congress indefinitely, where she’s aiming to assume a mentorship role and grease the transition for whichever new leader fills the mantle.”

Call me cynical but this whole thing is sounding like less of a big deal when you bother to read the details. She's "stepping down" but for all intents and purposes it sounds like she will continue to operate as the defacto leader of the house democrats. This only seems like big news if you were under the illusion that Pelosi isn't fucking immortal.