Minority Leader Pelosi: Should she stay or should she go?

Nancy Pelosi made history by becoming the first female Speaker of the House. With her fiery rhetoric and impassioned drive she pushed through an unparalleled progressive agenda.  

She is cheered on by the far left, but on the other side of the aisle the woman is despised. Media manipulation has made it so Nancy is now the manifestation of all that the right hates about the left.

It is this very anger that helped deliver the midterm elections into the hands of the GOP.  

Pelosi is a monument of liberalism, a progressive force to be reckoned with. But she is also a polarizing figure, a lightning rod of partisanship that members of Congress feel compelled to take sides over.  

That is why this editorial staff believes it is time for Pelosi to hang up her boxing gloves and take a seat with the other representatives. We implore you, Pelosi, represent the fine people of California and leave the leadership to less polarizing figures.

This is not meant as a belittlement of the contributions Pelosi has made to this country. Without her hard work and dedication it is very possible that health care reform, Wall Street reform, the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, the Student Aid and Financial Responsibility Act and a new GI bill would have not passed.

She is a champion of the underprivileged, but she is also a shrewd woman. Republicans refuse to play nice with her around, and Democrats need to take heed of this by selecting a more moderate choice for Minority Leader.

In a draft letter obtained by Fox News, House Democrats are reportedly already asking Pelosi not to run, citing that they were “victimized by a national wave of resentment toward Democrats, a wave that ensnared you along with us. ... Republicans made you the face of the resentment and disagreement in our races. While we commend your years of service to our party and your leadership through many tough times, we respectfully ask that you step aside as the top Democrat in the House.”  

Perhaps Barney Frank of Massachusetts or Chris Van Hollen of Maryland would be up for the job.

Either way, the Democratic minority in the House should have a moderate leader, able to breach the divide between the two parties.