WaPo: Nancy Pelosi ‘expected’ to retire after 2022 midterms

[SugarDaddy1]

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) “is expected” to retire after the 2022 midterms, the Washington Post reported Monday.

While rumors have been swirling for months about Pelosi’s next moves amid projections the Republican Party is to retake the House in 2022, WaPo named several successors to replace Pelosi.

"Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (N.Y.) is the early favorite to become the next Democratic leader, but the maneuvering for power has just begun,” the publication reported, also mentioning as potential candidates Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA), Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD), and Majority Whip James Clyburn (D-SC).

Rumors of Pelosi’s retirement come as two staffers abandoned Pelosi’s office in December, a pattern that suggests Pelosi may retire after the 2022 midterms.

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[Bud_Spencer]

Let's send Granny Ricktus off with a historical 100-seat loss, shall we?

 

[pecksniff]

. . . Granny Ricktus . . .

That's the sort of third-grade thing Trump might have called her, on par with "shifty Schiff" or "crooked Hillary." I hope not even you want to be like him.

 

[YDB95]

That's the sort of third-grade thing Trump might have called her, on par with "shifty Schiff" or "crooked Hillary." I hope not even you want to be like him.

You cannot possibly be surprised. Think of some of the names he's used for the vice president.

 

[Bud_Spencer]

That's the sort of third-grade thing Trump might have called her, on par with "shifty Schiff" or "crooked Hillary." I hope not even you want to be like him.

Stop, you're breakin' my heart.

 

[pecksniff]

Stop, you're breakin' my heart.

The same applies to "Joe Meltbrain," "Dementia Joe," etc., etc. You embarrass nobody but yourself that way.

 

[Bud_Spencer]

The same applies to "Joe Meltbrain," "Dementia Joe," etc., etc. You embarrass nobody but yourself that way.

I'm crushed.

 

[pecksniff]

I'm crushed.

But no juice comes out.

 

[Bud_Spencer]

But no juice comes out.

I'll own up to a certain crustiness.

 

[bellisarius]

If true, then as the article suggests the maneuvering and infighting will be a show to be watched.

 

[pecksniff]

If true, then as the article suggests the maneuvering and infighting will be a show to be watched.

Nothing out of the ordinary. Any Speaker or minority-party leader will age out of office eventually, and then there will be this kind of free-for-all for the slot.

 

[ll74]

If true, then as the article suggests the maneuvering and infighting will be a show to be watched.

The forum already exaggerates any amount of posturing as if the party were imploding. This won't change what is already occurring

 

[LittleDixie]

By "retire" they mean become a lich queen.

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[pecksniff]

By "retire" they mean become a lich queen.

Oh, that happens to all of them! You didn't think Tip O'Neill was in a grave, did you?!

 

[LittleDixie]

Oh, that happens to all of them! You didn't think Tip O'Neill was in a grave, did you?!

lol, I would not be surprised.

Roaming the crypts under Arlington cemetary.

 

[Cubantripod]

The same applies to "Joe Meltbrain," "Dementia Joe," etc., etc. You embarrass nobody but yourself that way.

How are they not truthful?

 

[YDB95]

Nothing out of the ordinary. Any Speaker or minority-party leader will age out of office eventually, and then there will be this kind of free-for-all for the slot.

In recent years it's been the exception rather than the rule when a Speaker steps down voluntarily. Paul Ryan did in 2018 (although he would have lost the speakership if he had run for re-election, since the GOP lost their majority). Technically John Boehner did, but we now know he was basically bullied out of Congress by the crazy right.

Before that? Pelosi, 2007-2011 (kept her seat but lost her majority), Dennis Hastert, 1999-2007 (lost his majority, resigned from Congress shortly afterward - and we now know he was involved in some spectacularly ugly stuff on the side), Newt Gingrich, 1995-1999 (resigned after impeaching Clinton over a blowjob backfired), Tom Foley, 1989-1995 (lost re-election), Jim Wright, 1987-1989 (resigned in scandal). Compared to that, retiring from Congress at age 82...really doesn't strike me as any too scandalous.

 

[pecksniff]

How are they not truthful?

Biden is no more senile than you are -- but what is at issue here is not truth value, but maturity. "Granny Ricktus" is not something a grownup would say, and neither is "shifty Schiff."

 

[Cubantripod]

Biden is no more senile than you are --

Its your credibility at stake.

 

[pecksniff]

Its your credibility at stake.

Let me restate that: Biden is less senile than you are.

 

[Wrong Element]

Nothing out of the ordinary. Any Speaker or minority-party leader will age out of office eventually, and then there will be this kind of free-for-all for the slot.

10 terms as party leader is close to a record, and she's already the oldest Speaker ever.

This is no surprise. She had said in 2019 that she wouldn't run for leader again after the current Congress, and while any House member is certainly allowed to continue running for reelection to their seat after stepping down from leadership, it's been at least many decades since anyone did.