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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsPelosi will stay around to lead House Democrats through the next election -- and perhaps beyond
(CNN)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.
She is planning to file and run for reelection in her San Francisco district next year -- at least for now -- in keeping with her pattern of deciding about staying in Congress after the elections, when she likely will have won an 18th full term.
And sources familiar with Pelosi's thinking say she isn't ruling out the possibility of trying to stay in leadership after 2022, despite her original vow to leave as the top House Democrat. She'll devote much of next year to raising money for Democrats as they try to hold their narrow majority, those sources tell CNN, adding to the nearly $1 billion her office calculates she has already raised for Democrats in her time as leader.
The months of tortuous negotiations over President Joe Biden's legislative initiatives are inspiring a contradictory mix of emotions. Many House Democrats are more eager than ever to see the California Democrat go and give way to younger leadership. But even many of those same lawmakers are terrified that, without her, they will be consumed by squabbling instead of fighting back against House Republicans at a moment when the fundamentals of American democracy appear to be on the line.
"Where do we go from here?" one member said, expressing the stress. "I don't know."
https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/12/politics/nancy-pelosi-house-democrats-leadership-2022/index.html
Eliot Rosewater
(31,112 posts)New blood will be great, dont get me wrong.
But she is what we need at this moment.
mountain grammy
(26,624 posts)New blood would be great but right now we need her to stay.
uponit7771
(90,347 posts)She is the glue that binds our congress together.
Hekate
(90,714 posts)The months of tortuous negotiations over President Joe Biden's legislative initiatives are inspiring a contradictory mix of emotions. Many House Democrats are more eager than ever to see the California Democrat go and give way to younger leadership. But even many of those same lawmakers are terrified that, without her, they will be consumed by squabbling instead of fighting back against House Republicans at a moment when the fundamentals of American democracy appear to be on the line.
We just cant relax and play games as usual at this juncture.
2naSalit
(86,647 posts)Her leadership skills are still necessary to win back the country at this time. I'm sure it's not an ego-driven decision as much as recognizing what the consequences of leaving too soon would be.
iluvtennis
(19,863 posts)ancianita
(36,095 posts)We don't need to show division in the three years that remain.
monkeyman1
(5,109 posts)LoisB
(7,206 posts)Luciferous
(6,082 posts)spooky3
(34,458 posts)They are obviously a small minority. Terrible reporting.
Poiuyt
(18,125 posts)spooky3
(34,458 posts)Gotta stir up conflict, get viewers/clicks, and/or promote false equivalence so that they appear "fair and balanced."
Cha
(297,323 posts)Nixie
(16,954 posts)Love her.
eppur_se_muova
(36,269 posts)who passed them on from her mother (lived to 101 yo).