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Filuwaúrdjan
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« on: November 03, 2010, 08:50:21 PM »

I don't really follow U.S political news as news, if you follow me. Is this 'issue' being discussed in the open yet?
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« Reply #1 on: November 03, 2010, 09:21:28 PM »

A lot expect her to resign or retire after this upcoming term. I tend to agree.
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« Reply #2 on: November 03, 2010, 09:24:43 PM »

Her primary focus in the future will be as a doting grandmother. She will disappear from the stage.
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« Reply #3 on: November 03, 2010, 09:35:16 PM »

Publicly, she says she hasn't decided whether to stay in the leadership or not:

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6A305B20101104

However, almost everyone is expecting that she'll step down from the leadership and become a backbencher, possibly even resign her seat in Congress early, and force a special election.

She's 70 years old.  She'd realistically only remain in the leadership for a couple more terms anyway.  I doubt she'd be interested in staying on as Democratic leader in the House unless there was a good chance that she could become Speaker of Dem-majority House again after 2012.  But that doesn't look too likely, given the scale of GOP wins this time.
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« Reply #4 on: November 03, 2010, 09:37:45 PM »
« Edited: November 03, 2010, 09:45:27 PM by Capitan Zapp Brannigan »

Most of the talk has been that she'll retire.

Sad to see her career end like this. I always liked her for some reason, ever since she became Minority Leader for the Dems.

edit: And being the first woman Speaker of the House is a pretty big deal too I guess.
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« Reply #5 on: November 03, 2010, 09:42:08 PM »

A lot expect her to resign or retire after this upcoming term. I tend to agree.

I'm thinking this...

It's not like the seat is in danger of flipping, lol
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« Reply #6 on: November 04, 2010, 06:16:07 AM »

Stenya Hoya next Democratic House leader.
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« Reply #7 on: November 04, 2010, 06:22:05 AM »

She'll probably retire in a few months, which is sad, because she's one of my favorite House members.
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« Reply #8 on: November 04, 2010, 06:57:53 AM »

I really hope she will remain minority leader...
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« Reply #9 on: November 04, 2010, 07:03:10 AM »

Whatever happens, she will remain an iconic figure for the Democrats.
If it wasn't her back in January after Brown's victory when everybody was running  for the hills, HCR would have remained once more an elusive dream.
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« Reply #10 on: November 04, 2010, 07:34:52 AM »

After a loss like that, I suspect she'll retire in 2012. Someone will need to carry the can for that.
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« Reply #11 on: November 04, 2010, 07:51:11 AM »

She will not remain in the leadership and will probably resign from Congress altogether in next few months.
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« Reply #12 on: November 04, 2010, 08:48:42 AM »

Midnight bills are no reason to like someone. That's what is wrong with this country.
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« Reply #13 on: November 04, 2010, 11:53:47 AM »

I haven't been up on San Francisco politics for awhile, but I'd imagine if she resigns her seat, there are plenty of eager successors salivating about taking over.  Open Bay Area seats just don't come around too often, a byproduct of the fact that most of their occupants view being in government, and the role of government as a good thing.
I wonder if former mayor Gavin Newsome is regretting getting elected Lt Gov, but then again, would you rather be Lt Gov of a state that your party dominates, or freshman member of a minority party in congress.
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