Nancy Pelosi to run for minority leader

This comes in one sense a bit of a surpise for me and in another sense it is not. I assumed that after Pelosi's connection to numerous members caused their downfall in this tuesday's election she would take a temporary retirment from leadership and head back to the backbench. Her toxicity as an entity seemed to be something that would probably stand in the way of her being elected to any leadership position. But Nancy Pelosi doesn't make a move unless she knows that she is gonna win. She must know something that we don't apparently. Maybe there is enough support to see her elected as minority leader despite the oppostion of Heath Schuler . This is why in the other sense it is not surprising, for once one has seen the trappings of power it is difficult to turn away from it. Pelosi will miss the power of the speakership but I have no doubt that her run for minority leader will be motivated by a desire to return to that position in the nearby future. How the race will go remains to be seen...