 Foreign Speaker Nancy Peloso, convinced Biden will lose, has been working the phone since June 27th, hopes of finding a way to ease him off the ticket. One of her colleagues is struck to see her chatting furtively, but openly, with Minority Leader Akeem Jeffries last week in the corner of the House Democratic cloakroom, plain sight of a dozen lawmakers. Senator Pelosi's behind-the-scenes role has been fully revealed, may never be if the former Speaker has her way, unquote.