Hillary Clinton announcement in mid-January?

Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe this week said Hillary Rodham Clinton would make up her mind about a presidential bid in about 60 days.

McAuliffe, a close Clinton ally and the chairman of the Democrat’s 2008 White House campaign, discussed the timeline Thursday evening with U.S. News‘ Nikki Schwab.

A mid-January announcement is pretty much in line with Clinton’s previous statements about the matter, but there has been increasing talk that she is speeding up her preparations, including planning a campaign headquarters near her home in the suburbs outside New York City.