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( Next Chapters. . .) There is a cycle in sports, regardless of league. The phases can be as followed. Some franchise, NFL, NBA, MLB and so on, if the team is at the bottom in the win-loss column, new talent, either from the collegiate level or the Minors when it comes to Major Leagues. A team is put together, with the right coach, games can be won, up to and including championships. But what happens after ? The starters retire, or they might graduate. As the talent ages, gets old and decrepit, games are not being won anymore. A team's fortunes deteriorate and with losing records, one returns to the lottery. Sometimes, however, one just assume leave the whole program and not stay to see the depressing process of re-constitution. That would seem to the plan for Speaker (soon to be former) Nancy Pelosi. Her team lost. She has chosen self-imposed exile in that she has announced she will not campaign for Minority leadership. What about the other "team ?" Republicans will cont...