WHIP LIST: Pelosi seeks path to 218

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WHIP LIST: Pelosi seeks path to 218
By The Hill staff - 12/03/18 02:03 PM EST

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi is zeroing in on the Speaker gavel’s — but she’s not there yet.

The California Democrat, who was overwhelmingly nominated to become her party’s nominee for Speaker, has until Jan. 3 to lock down the 218 votes she needs on the House floor.

During the closed-door caucus vote, 203 Democrats voted for Pelosi, 32 members voted against her and three lawmakers left the ballot blank. One Pelosi supporter was absent.

It’s a mystery, however, how many of these Democrats will continue to oppose Pelosi on the House floor, where their votes will be public. Pelosi needs a majority vote of the entire House to be elected Speaker.

That means she can afford 17 Democratic defections, and suggests she needs to flip 15 votes from the secret-ballot tally.

Both Pelosi and her allies have expressed confidence that the master voter counter will reach that goal before Jan. 3.

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She's a screaming caricature, I hope she gets it.

Having her off the wall public pronouncements telling America Who and What the Rats regard as Leadership can only help us.

The only thing we can says with certainty is she's Not going to get any younger, smarter, or more coherent.