Massachusetts Democratic Rep. Stephen Lynch said Tuesday that Nancy Pelosi should consider stepping aside from her post as minority leader in the House.
Speaking on a local television program in Boston, Lynch was pressed on whether Pelosi should continue leading House Democrats after the party lost a substantial number of congressional seats in 2014.
“Nancy Pelosi will not lead us back to the majority,” Lynch said. Asked if Pelosi should resign from her leadership post, Lynch replied, “Right.”
Gone are the heady days when House Democrats feared Grandma Nan so much that they would throw their careers away for her just to get some awful, Republic-ruining health care legislation passed.
Pelosi just turned 75 last month, so she’s practically a kid in Congress. So she’s not going anywhere anytime soon. Heck, she probably thinks she has another 20 years or so to become speaker again. Also, given her history, it doesn’t seem likely that she would would give up power for the good of the party.
The seems to be some disgruntlement with leadership after the embarrassing losses last November, but no one challenges Pelosi for the leadership position. The Republicans, of course, have been doing much the same with John Boehner. There is a lot of complaining about him, but no one makes a serious run at him.
Maybe it’s time to look at term limits for leadership positions?
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