Hoyer is painted as a dedicated follower of old Sam Rayburn's dictum about going along to get along. And no great fan of ethics reform:

Back in October 1994, Congress had been considering a lobbying reform bill that many lawmakers privately considered too restrictive. According to Roll Call, DeLay and Hoyer were walking down the Capitol steps shortly before leaving for the October recess in advance of the midterms that would bring the GOP to power, when the Texan "cupped his hands around his mouth and chuckled to Hoyer, 'But lobbying reform is dead!'" DeLay, it seems, understood even then that he and Hoyer were of one mind on the issue.

Apart from the ethics/corporate welfare/contributions area, the piece also raises the question of the Majority Leader's role: under Hastert/DeLay, it was constitutional monarch and prime minister (more or less).

But I don't think it was that way under Gingrich, or generally in the past.

Given the regular differences of opinion that have arisen between Pelosi and Hoyer (some recounted in the piece), I wonder what arrangements the two have made in anticipation of Dem success for sharing out responsibilities between them...