Dems plan for a future without Pelosi

[WestVirginiaRebel]

Politico:

For House Democrats, planning for a future without Speaker Nancy Pelosi is neither pleasant nor easy.

But as poll results worsen and a Republican-controlled House looks more and more likely, Democrats are beginning to realize they face a top-to-bottom leadership shake-up if the powerful speaker steps aside in a Democratic minority.

For the most part, Democrats have no obvious road map, no heir apparent to the Pelosi mantle and a fairly thin bench around which to plan the future of their party. After the election, Democrats would face a power vacuum in the lower ranks — assuming current House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer takes the helm as minority leader in a post-Pelosi Democratic Caucus.

“This is a subject that everybody in town is thinking about,” said a former House Democrat who keeps close contact with his former colleagues.

Pelosi has privately discouraged any talk of a Democratic minority — despite multiple predictions that as many as 80 Democratic seats are in play.
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