I'm starting to think that Pelosi might be a lifer. The woman is truly past her welcome. She's been the Democratic House Leader for 19 years, longer than any other Leader of either party, in either House, with the sole exception of Sam Rayburn. Democrats sorely need to remove her from her position, but unfortunately, because of her political connections and fundraising strength, they won't.
That is because, unlike Republican leaders, she actually represents and effectively pushes for what the average Dem partisan wants. In most polls, she is strongly disliked by the vast majority of independents (and R's, obviously), but still gets favorable ratings from most Democrats. The Dem leadership class is so old in part because the Democratic base has largely not been clamoring for a change. For the past three decades, their nominees have largely been from two families and two tickets (Obama/Biden and Clinton/Gore).
