Pelosi gauging reelection as House Dem leader

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Speaker Nancy Pelosi is gathering input from colleagues as she weighs whether to stay in Democratic leadership and run for minority leader after losing control of the House Tuesday night, according to two senior Democratic aides and one lawmaker.

Pelosi has made some of these contacts herself but has had surrogates reach out to other Democrats to test her support level within the caucus.

For members of her inner circle, the calls suggest that she may not be ready “to turn the keys over” while she’s gauging the more general feelings of Democrats outside her tightest clutch of backers, according to one of the aides.

The loser Blue Dogs have the knives out for her, but they've been decimated, and the caucus is more progressive than before. And Nancy Pelosi is a fundraising machine, which means a lot in these battles.

Just look out for Steny Hoyer, who has designs on the leadership.

Pelosi's House took the brunt for the failures of the Senate and conservadem obstructionism. But we'll be back in two years, and we'll be in better shape for the comeback with Pelosi at the helm.

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