India, Nov. 14 -- The results of the US midterm elections brought back the good times for the Democrats. The only exception, perhaps, is Hakeem Jeffries.

The US House minority leader is all set to succeed Mike Johnson as the US House Speaker when the new representatives-elect are sworn in in January 2027. In fact, on Friday, Axios reported that no other Democrat representative-elect wants to challenge Hakeem Jeffries for the position of House Speaker.

But opposition is coming from the grassroots. A petition started on September 3 urging the Democratic Party to choose a new speaker gained traction after Jeffries announced his candidacy on November 4. As of this writing, it has gathered 11,74,826 verified signatures on Change.org.

And no...