Shortly after her swearing-in as the first female House speaker, Rep. Nancy Pelosi took time to <A HREF="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070129/ap_on_go_co/pelosi_bloggers">field questions from a few dozen Internet bloggers</A> on a conference call that was off limits to mainstream media. Last week, Pelosi's aides arranged for bloggers to question two Democratic House leaders on another conference call shortly before President Bush's State of the Union speech.