From the May 18 edition of CNN's The Situation Room:

WOLF BLITZER (host): Let's get right to our “Strategy Session.”

Joining us: the Democratic strategist and CNN political contributor Hilary Rosen, and Republican strategist John Feehery.

John, you wrote a column on Politico.com. Among other things, you said these intriguing words: “Should Pelosi continue to mishandle this current crisis, and should she continue to make wild statements about the veracity of the CIA, don't be surprised if somebody in the House says enough is enough. The conditions are ripe for a coup."

I supposed that implies a Democratic coup; someone within her own party rising against her. Is that what you're suggesting?

FEEHERY: Well, you never know, Wolf.

I do think that this has been a very bad crisis for Nancy Pelosi. I think the press conference was bad -- very bad for her. I think there are conditions out there.

Now, I do think what she's going to do as a reaction to this is move sharply -- more sharply to shore up her left-wing base. And I don't think there is going to be a coup, because I don't think that [Rep.] Steny Hoyer [D-MD] necessarily wants to do that, because I think he knows that, if you do lead a coup against this leader, you tend not to get the job. That's what happened to Tom DeLay. And that's what happened to Don Nickles in the Senate, which I didn't mention in my article, but should have.

So, I do -- I don't think that Steny Hoyer wants to do a coup against Nancy Pelosi, but I do think that this has been a very bad couple days for her.