[Starrgaizr]

Bill and Hill are merely preserving her options. They avoid having her be the focus of the nine dwarves during debates, so there is no reminders of her many faults from fellow Dems. If Bush looks beatable, she will enter. If not, she won't. But she can't wait forever to decide. That the Dem public rewards such sheer cynicism and opportunism (not to mention corruption) with adulation is the most disquieting thing in American politics. It is truly un-American. More suited to some banana republic or France.

[NewLand]

"If not, she won't. But she can't wait forever to decide."

All true, but the key factor is that the official party candidate gets to choose the DNC Chairman...if Dean gets the nomination he will clean house...and the clintons cannot afford to lose McAuliffe...and thus lose control of; the $$$, the lie machine, and did I mention the $$$?