Nancy Pelosi's plan to seek reelection extends one of San Francisco's longest-running, most-fevered political guessing games: Who will succeed the Democrat when she finally does step aside?
The announcement Tuesday by the 81-year-old congresswoman was utterly predictable. Her decision augurs an election that will be thoroughly pro forma.
Pelosi will attract, as she always does, at least one candidate running to her left, who will insist — in true San Francisco fashion — that she is not a real Democrat. There will also be a Republican opponent or two, who may raise many millions of dollars from Pelosi haters around the country acting more out of spite than good sense.
