WASHINGTON (AP) – Two Democratic stalwarts from Massachusetts are suggesting that Rep. Nancy Pelosi should leave the party’s leadership team in Congress after big electoral losses last year and in 2010.
Reps. Michael Capuano and Stephen Lynch made the statements in a joint appearance on WGBH’s “Greater BOSTON,” with Lynch predicting outright that “Nancy Pelosi will not lead us back into the majority.” Asked by host Jim Braude if the answer to the question whether Pelosi “should go?” is “yes,” Lynch said, “Right.”
Capuano was a little more circumspect. “I think we need leadership that understands that if something that you’re doing is not working, change what you’re doing,” Capuano said.
Asked if the 75-year-old should leave leadership ranks, Capuano said: “That, or she should change, one way or the other.”
Their remarks were striking because both are party loyalists representing solidly Democratic districts. Each supported Pelosi in January in a largely symbolic vote for House Speaker. Her official title is minority leader.