I'm not sure, and I admire Rep. Pelosi's skill, but it seems to me the core difference between her win with the same margin as McCarthy is that she could sell a positive vision of getting things done together. All he can offer are hearings and breaking the debt limit/budget. The Squad is to her left, but want to accomplish stuff. The Freedom Caucus just wants to stop stuff (like the full faith and credit of the US, but still). Pelosi could offer a hearing for and potentially a vote on the Green New Deal. What's he got? A politically tragic vote to abolish the FBI and IRS? I'll never feel sorry for him, but I do understand why, despite debasing himself for years, he can't get it done.