Pelosi on victory lap as first female House speaker

Swept into the most powerful political job ever held by a US woman, Nancy Pelosi embarked on a jubilant victory lap with children and grandchildren in tow and a soundtrack by Tony Bennett: I Left My Heart in San Francisco.”

The crooner performed his signature tune at a fundraiser last night where Pelosi, 66, celebrated her historic swearing-in as the nation’s first-ever female speaker of the House, second in line to the presidency after Vice President Dick Cheney.