The stunning Republican success in the House, combined with the “lengthy tenure of the top Democrats,” has raised new questions as to how much longer current Democrat leadership should stick around. The Hill,
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi has led the party since 2003 — the longest run in more than 50 years — and no one doubts she can keep her minority leader spot if she seeks it…
But Democratic leaders failed to keep their expected losses in the single digits, losing at least 13 seats to the Republicans, shifting more power to Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) in the next Congress and deflating the party, as they head into a crucial 2016 presidential cycle…
Pelosi has defied the prognosticators in the past, choosing to remain the Democratic leader after the 2010 elections, when she lost the Speaker’s gavel and the Democrats lost 63 seats, and again after the 2012 cycle, when the Democrats gained eight seats but failed win the chamber on President Obama’s coattails.
