Here you have it, the best clenched-fisted, botoxed-forehead House Minority Leader the Republicans could ask for:
Pelosi Elected House Democratic Leader
Democrats in the House of Representatives voted 150-43 Wednesday to keep House Speaker Nancy Pelosi as their leader in the new Congress, a number of lawmakers said as they emerged from the caucus meeting.
It wasn’t all paved with rose petals for Nancy, though:
The vote still amounts to a rebuke of Ms. Pelosi because she was running against Rep. Heath Shuler of North Carolina, who never campaigned for votes among his colleagues.
All the same, it’s the best thing the Republicans could hope for.
More at The Hill.
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