Happy Birthday Nancy

Nancy Pelosi just celebrated her 78th birthday. As someone who has predicted her retirement every two years since she failed to win back the House in the 2012 election, she may defy my prognostication again and win back the speakership in 2018.

New prediction: If the Democrats take back control of the House in 2018, an arrangement will be made to let her take the gavel from Mr. Ryan, only to allow it to pass to a new elected speaker.

San Francisco Deputy Mayor Hadley Roth and Nancy Pelosi, chair
of the host committee, react to announcement that San Francisco
has been chosen to host the 1984 Democratic National
Convention, 1983 | Scott Stewart/AP