Pelosi seen closing in on House speakership

The 78-year-old San Francisco liberal, a frequent target of Republican critics, faces a small faction of Democrats who are refusing to back her for the post in which she made history from 2007 to 2011 as the first woman speaker.Maneuvering to win over her opponents, Pelosi was set to meet on Tuesday with Democratic members of a bipartisan group known as the Problem Solvers Caucus.With a record of achievement that includes passage of 2010's Affordable Care Act, popularly known as Obamacare, Pelos