Los Angeles Times: “As McCarthy leaves the stage, it’s worth noting that his nemesis, San Francisco Rep. Nancy Pelosi, has outlasted yet another of her foes.”
“Like other Republican House speakers, McCarthy is quitting Congress after struggling to wrangle the far-right members of his conference. Some of those members complained about his repeated reliance on bipartisanship to pass legislation when they harnessed Democratic votes to kick him out of the speaker’s chair on Oct. 7.”
“The same faction that made the job challenging for McCarthy effectively ran off two previous House speakers — Reps. John A. Boehner and Paul D. Ryan.”
“In contrast to the unending mayhem on the GOP side of the aisle, Pelosi was not pushed out of Congress by her party after stepping down as its leader. In fact, Pelosi seems to be very much enjoying her life as speaker emerita.”
