A Democrat to her fingertips

Mark Tran
Monday October 30, 2006
Guardian Unlimited

Should the Democrats take back the House of Representatives on November 7, Nancy Pelosi is set to become Speaker of the House - a job usually described as being two heartbeats away from the presidency.

The 66-year-old Democrat, from the Bay area of San Francisco - a bastion of liberalism - would become the first Democrat to hold the job in 12 years and the first woman ever to do so.