Alex Brandon / AP (Via TIME.com)
“If Democratic members in the House elect Nancy Pelosi as their leader, it’s almost as if they just didn’t get the message from the voters this election. I mean, the voters outright rejected the agenda that she’s been about. I mean this is the woman who really, I think, puts ideology first, and there have been no results for the American people. And that seems the direction they want to take again. It just doesn’t make sense.”
— Rep. ERIC CANTOR (R-Va.), on speculation that Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) will be re-elected as the Democratic party’s leader (Via Fox News). Head over to TIME.com for Mark Halperin’s counterpoint — a case for why Pelosi should stay put.