Low-key political analyst Michael Barone thinks that a loss by Pelosi on a vote over a committee chairmanship spells the beginning of the end for the former Speaker of the House who has led Democrats to one of their greatest defeats in history. With US House Democrats at their lowest ebb since the 1930s, one wonders how Pelosi holds on at all? Do you think that the Democrat Party will retain liberal leadership?
http://nypost.com/2014/11/28/the-beginning-of-the-end-for-nancy-pelosi/
...So not much notice was directed last week at Nancy Pelosi’s first major intraparty defeat since she became House Democratic leader in 2003.
Pelosi won that post by defeating colleague Steny Hoyer and has been winning fights ever since. Until now.
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That defeat was the election by the Democratic Caucus of New Jersey’s Frank Pallone to be ranking minority member of the Energy and Commerce Committee over Pelosi’s choice, California’s Anna Eshoo.
The election was conducted by secret ballot, and the vote was 100-90....
http://nypost.com/2014/11/28/the-beginning-of-the-end-for-nancy-pelosi/