Time's Newton-Small asked: "[I]s there room in Washington for both a Speaker Pelosi and a President Hillary?"

In a January 10 post on Time's Swampland blog, Time political reporter Jay Newton-Small reported that Rep. George Miller (D-CA), whom she referred to as Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi's (D-CA) "BFF," "announced today he's endorsing [Sen. Barack] Obama [D-IL]." Newton-Small continued: "Pelosi has so far stayed out of the race. But when her top advisor who also happens to be a famous champion of women politicians endorses Obama, does it send the signal: is there room in Washington for both a Speaker Pelosi and a President Hillary [Rodham Clinton (D-NY)]?"

In a December 6 article, The Hill reported that Pelosi "has not taken the bait on working with a female president. For now she smiles, noting that she is on the sidelines until there is a nominee."

From Newton-Small's January 10 Swampland post, headlined "Pelosi for Obama?":

An interesting endorsement for Obama today. Pelosi's BFF George Miller, a fellow Californian who chairs the House Education and Labor Committee, announced today he's endorsing Obama .

Pelosi has so far stayed out of the race. But when her top advisor who also happens to be a famous champion of women politicians endorses Obama, does it send the signal: is there room in Washington for both a Speaker Pelosi and a President Hillary?

—M.G.