"A House Democratic lawmaker said late last week that he'd heard Nancy Pelosi wouldn't seek another term as Speaker."
The writing, as they say, would be on the wall. Pelosi, who has lost steam during her own campaign for reelection in the 8th district, against Republican, John Dennis, has also lost support from her peers. Congressional Democrats are known to be running against the speaker in some cases, and certainly away from her in others. Any chance Ms. Pelosi has of retaining her seat of power within the Congress, has long since gone, and the fact that she might not be returning at all, given the climate in San Francisco at the moment, suggests that Ms. Pelosi, may have taken the wrong tactic in avoiding debating her opponent, Dennis.
Dennis, who has received an incredible outpouring of support from those sources most likely to back Pelosi, is telling. However, the race is still rated “Safe Democrat”, however, the data used to rate the race is based on 2008 statistics, and does not include the current opposition. The fact that many congressional districts across the country are not rated correctly, by Beltway pundits and think tanks, may explain why clearly competitive races in districts coast to coast, have gone largely ignored by the media, however, these races are not being ignored by potential voters. One can hazard to guess, if there was a chance that Pelosi were re-elected (and it appears very slim from the ground), then she be part of what is beginning to appear to the not so optimistic, a very small minority.
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