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Now liberated from the absolute, daily grind of formal party leadership, Pelosi returns to the campaign trail in a rarer and more unpredictable form. She is now a power broker unbound by a specific title, operating with an “active awareness” of the levers of government that few in history have ever mastered. For her supporters, this confirmation represents the return of a seasoned strategist who possesses an absolute ability to count votes, raise millions of dollars in a single afternoon, and steady the nerves of anxious Democrats during a historic and volatile election year. Her presence provides a sense of absolute reliability for a party that is currently navigating a sea of global and domestic uncertainty.
