After four failures at the bat, why should Nancy worry about her job?
Via Washington Post:
After nearly 10 years, have House Democrats had enough of their leader, Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.)?
It’s complicated. There’s near universal agreement among House Democrats that she’s been a smart, capable, savvy leader who was handed a set of difficult political circumstances with redistricting and President Obama’s unpopularity that ushered in the largest Republican majorities in the House of Representatives since the New Deal. As such, she’s handily expected to win reelection to lead House Democrats in a secret-ballot election Nov. 30.
But Pelosi is part of a generation of Democrats that some in the party feel haven’t done enough to help lift up the next one and, frankly, help their party win. As Chris Cillizza has noted, Democratic losses this November underscore how the party “lacks a ready-and-waiting next generation of leaders to step up and lead it forward — whether at the national level or in Congress.”
And that’s probably the best explanation for why Rep. Tim Ryan (D-Ohio) announced Thursday that he’s challenging the minority leader for House Democrats’ top job. It’s a long-shot bid, so it’s really more a shot across the bow to Pelosi. Some Democrats feel their leadership should start listening to and making way for newer leaders who might have some fresh ideas about how to bring the caucus back from the political wilderness it has been in since 2010.