Pelosi as a ‘transitional’ leader? For Dems, the devil is in the details

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Nancy Pelosi’s allies say she might be able to pick up votes to be the next House speaker if she explains to Democrats what she means when she says she would be a “transitional” leader.

Pelosi, D-Calif., said she’d be willing to step down after some short period of time as a way of assuring new Democrats that she would make room for them in the House Democratic leadership structure. But the trouble is, no one knows exactly what she’s proposing.

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