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Leader yesterday in a caucus vote. but 32 for collingswood against her, signaling trouble ahead of the all-important vote and jittery. mike emanuel is live on capitol hill. 32 is not the droid she was looking for. he needed to be fewer votes no on her. >> absolutely right, harris. good afternoon to you. nancy pelosi is taken a critical step, but she has more work to do. she met with printable critics, people who want new leadership. seth moulton, tim ryan, and kathleen rice. an aide familiar says that pelosi listened closely to the trio's concerned. seth moulton said after the meeting "our que...

Of your constituents. while it's not totally locked up, pelosi is very near to having the votes that she needs. she had he 203 votes and yes, that's short right now, but she has weeks to dole out those favors and to get people on her side. and it's really not all ha uncommon for members to vote no in this caucus vote and wind up voting yes on the floor because the caucus vote is a chance to kind of register a moment of frustration but when it comes down to voting for at the pel or a republican in a public vote, most democrats are going to come to her side. >> very good point. to you, mr. perio...

It would be really tempting to withhold a few committee memberships, wouldn't it? >> well, that is one of the main powers she has right now, right? is to tell people that if you were against me you don't get that great committee job you wanted. me, well, maybe you get to be a little bit more powerful in the eyes of your constituents. it's not totally locked up, but pelosi is very close. she is short of votes, but she has weeks to dole out the favors and get people on her side. it's not that uncommon to vote no now, and then vote yes later. the caucus vote is when people can voice their frustra...

That great committee job you wanted. me, well, maybe you get to be a little bit more powerful in the eyes of your constituents. it's not totally locked up, but pelosi is very close. she is short of votes, but she has weeks to dole out the favors and get people on her side. it's not that uncommon to vote no now, and then vote yes later. the caucus vote is when people can voice their frustration.

Members voted no on pelosi. so that's about half of the number that opposed her when she ran for leader of the democratic caucus last time around. that, of course, when democrats were in the minority. back then 63 people voted for tim ryan who ran against her. so she clearly has done quite a bit of leg work with the caucus. as you know, she's been saying repeatedly she has the votes to get this done. it does appear she's made significant progress. that said, ali, we pretty much all along expected she was going to win this caucus vote. if something went awry here unlikely she would be the next ...