Just when Americans thought they had seen the last of the Wicked Witch of the West, a.k.a. “San Fran Nan” Pelosi, she spreads the word that she’s considering running for House Minority Leader.

Of course,  her political cronies want her to stay and to lead the Democratic effort to win back their majority. Those encouraging her believe that she can unify the progressives in the caucus, and more importantly, that nobody in the House can raise money for the next campaign better than Pelosi.

Others, like Rep. Heath Shuler (D-NC), a member of the conservative Democratic Blue Dog coalition, are threatening to challenge her if she does. Another member of the Blue Dog coalition, Rep. Jim Matheson (D-UT), told Politico that Pelosi should not stay on.

He said:

We just got whupped.

Their problem is, the Blue Dog coalition was pretty well wiped out on Tuesday.  More than half of its members, 29, lost.  Only 28 remain.  Those Democrats who survived Tuesday’s Political Massacre are the more liberal members, including Pelosi’s strongest supporters.

The biggest threat that San Fran Nan faces could come from Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-MD), currently the number two Democrat in the House.  But Hoyer has told Pelosi that he will not run against her. Pelosi and Hoyer had a private meeting late Tuesday that lasted more than 90 minutes. They remain tight-lipped about what was discussed.

Pelosi’s popularity among Americans stands at 22%.  I’m surprised that it is that high, considering the idiotic remarks she has made, like this classic about her concerns about violence coming from the Tea Party Movement:

With the Democrats relying on an idiot like this for leadership, the Republicans should have a leg up on them, huh?  Maybe not.  Considering the reaction I saw from establishment Republicans yesterday toward those that made Tuesday’s glorious refudiation possible, Elitist Republicans may ruin this deal for all of us.

Michelle Bachmann, a Tea Party favorite, and dynamic Conservative leader has received a less than enthusiastic reception from Beltway Republicans, including John Boehner, in her attempt to become GOP conference chairman.  Boehner, the future Speaker of the House,  is officially endorsing no one, but Eric Cantor, Mike Pence, and others are endorsing Rep. Jeb Hensarling of Texas. (who?)  Hensarling is said to have lined up dozens of endorsements.  The good ol’ boy network lives!

Nobody can dispute Bachmann’s contributions to Tuesday night’s GOP victory.  Her fundraising prowess is unparalleled.  The Minnesota Republican is the House’s top earner, bringing in $11 million in the two-year election cycle for her own campaign and giving out $130,000 to other GOP candidates in the campaign’s closing months, according to election records.

Heck, the Old Guard in the GOP should give it to her just on the basis of Tuesday night’s epic smackdown of little Chrissie Matthews, live on MSNBC:

Former Alaskan Governor Sarah Palin got in a dig at the Liberal-leaning website politico.com’s treatment of this story.  She issued a tweet over the picture of Bachmann they used for their take on the story which showed Michelle getting make up applied.  Gov. Palin wrote:

Press: why use this Bachmann pic in LEADERSHIP story?Ur 2 transparent “@politico: Bachmann leadership bid adds drama http://politi.co/d46HwR

Politico soon replaced that picture.

In an e-mail, Palin would not give her opinion on the GOP chairmanship struggle.  After all, first things first:

I’m taking a position on who gets to sit in the big boy highchair this morning for breakfast… Trig or Tripp?

Leadership in the US Congress this morning? Nah … not ’till after the Cheerios.

Yesterday, nationalreview.com published an article by Sarah Palin.  In it, she reviews and gives an explanation for  the unprecedented Conservative victory on the night November 2, 2010 and also charts a course for a Conservative future:

…Whether Republicans will do as well as they did in this cycle depends on whether they learn the lessons from the 2010 election.  

…The 2012 story should be about conservatives in Congress cutting government down to size and rolling back the spending, and the Left doing everything in its power to prevent these necessary reforms from happening. In the next two years, if all we end up doing is adopting some tax hikes here, some Obama-agenda compromises there, and a thousand little measures that do nothing to get us out of the economic mess we’re in, the same voters that put the GOP in office will vote them out in the next election. If that happens, the story of 2012 may well be that of the GOP going the way of the Whigs. No, the American people are expecting us to be bold and big in our economic reform to allow the private sector to create jobs and soar!

…In 2012, we need to renew our optimistic, pioneering spirit, revive our free-market system, and restore constitutional limits and our standing in the world as the abiding beacon of freedom.

Till then, I hope that commonsense patriots will join me in applauding the real heroes of this election year: the Tea Party Americans. In 2008, we were told that we had to “move beyond Reagan.” Well, some of us refused to believe that America chose big-government European-style socialism. American voters elected a politician who cloaked his agenda in the language of moderation. Once the mask was removed, Americans rejected his “fundamental transformation.” The Tea Party reminded us that Reaganism is still our foundation. I think the Gipper is smiling down on us today waving the Gadsden Flag.

Republicans need to give heed to advice like Gov. Palin’s.  The American people did not cast their votes on Tuesday night to voice their approval of the same ol’, same ol’.   Tuesday night was a mandate for real change.  63 House seats, 6 – 7 Senate seats, and 680 State seats changed hands.

The Beltway Elite on BOTH sides of the aisle had better be minding their Ps and Qs, or, come 2012, America will wish them well in their future endeavors.  And, the Republican good ol’ boy network needs to be very aware of how important our country’s great Conservative women were to Tuesday night’s victory.  Business as usual just won’t cut it with the American people anymore.  As this video, released yesterday by Sarah Palin’s Political Action Committee shows, the American people are TOGETHER: 

UPDATE:  San Fran Nan just announced that she will run for House Minority Leader.  Let the games begin.  Pass the popcorn.