KINDA LIKE PUTIN’S HELPING OUT IN THE MIDEAST: Pelosi: Democrats ‘Open’ to Helping GOP Elect Speaker.

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi signaled Saturday there could be “an openness” among at least some House Democrats to voting for a Republican speaker on the floor — and she suggested the GOP turmoil could help put Democrats back in charge come 2017.

“I think in our caucus there is interest and support. There’s an openness to a bipartisan approach to this,” Pelosi said in an interview at the Texas Tribune Festival.

She’s just stirring the pot here, but the GOP leadership hasn’t exactly covered itself with glory.