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Article: New House Minority Leader Faces Difficult Task in Leading Democrats.
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- Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
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- November 14, 2002
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By Jodi Enda, Knight Ridder Washington Bureau Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Nov. 14--WASHINGTON--When Rep. Nancy Pelosi's name is written these days, the label "San Francisco liberal" inevitably is somewhere nearby. The question that follows is whether someone with that divisive label can lead the bickering Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives back into power.
The answer is that it will be tough, say supporters and detractors of Pelosi, who is all but certain to be elected House minority leader on Thursday.
The challenge, however, doesn't necessarily stem from her leftward political leanings, even in a year when the ...