I've always liked her, she's smart, quick with the one-liners, progressive, and she is as responsible for passing the ACA as anyone. However, for whatever lame reasons people have for thinking it, she's polarizing. The right-wing loves to demonize her (probably because she is effective) and in our own party, I think she gets some ageist comments.

What better, then, than using her experience and wisdom to mentor someone else? It sounds like a win-win to me.

Do they just contact those elected on November 6th and ask them who they support?

Seems they could do it with secure messaging.

whether a retiring (D) or a loser (R), they HAVE to get to D.C. ASAP to start identifying and setting up their offices so they are ready to start work in January - especially since there is usually a vacation break around Christmas (if they are not fooling around with Continuing Resolutions).

During that period post-election, they have to learn the "rules of the road", get their IDs and whatnot, and start interviewing/hiring staff. So while they are there, they can do that leadership voting activity as well.

When you have a change in Congressional session like this, which happens every 2 years, both sides go through determining who is going to be on what committee and who will be chair or ranking member and so forth. They can't wait until January to start doing that (although some of that activity would probably continue in January).

Thanks but no thanks, Nancy. You are where we've been, not where we're going.

He needs to stay where he is for at least one term.

leaders have to spend more time on things like counting votes and how many they need, who can still vote the other way and still be able to pass as they want etc.