evidence: DETROW: Nancy Pelosi is herself 84 years old. That's older than President Biden. She's no longer in House leadership, and yet she remains a highly effective leader within the Democratic Party. NPR political correspondent Susan Davis has followed Pelosi's career. Hey, Sue. [...] DETROW: So regardless of the exact details of who Pelosi called when, I think these past few weeks have really underscored how singularly powerful she remains within the Democratic Party, even though she's not minority leader anymore. [...] And like you said, when you gasped when you heard it, I was in an email exchange with a Democratic staffer on the Hill, and they were basically saying, look. Like, it's over. He's staying in the race. Like, we're just going to have to deal with it. And then immediately was like, never mind. Someone just sent me what Nancy Pelosi said on "Morning Joe." The door's back open again.