Yes, it's nothing short of remarkable how much he and Bill OR had hedged their bets before this stunning outcome, but I'm not going to hold that against them forever.
Despite all of the muttering to the contrary, the Clintons WILL run again, and they have a very, very formidable machine.
Heck they just helped defeat Kerry, and you don't see them being castigated for that, now do you?
Even the dems know it.
The Clintons will move towards the center with a wink and a nudge, maybe with a more moderate VP, and they will steamroller anyone in their primaries.
In the end it won't even be as close as Kerry's nomination was, and this absolutely frightens me.
God, can you imagine the loss of even part of the woman's vote?
All they have to do is tamp down the Moore types (they will), repackage their agenda as "values," so as to dampen the base Republican turnout, and there is the recipe for success.
And unshirted Hell to pay for all of us who reelected Bush.
We need to start planning realistic strategies now, and that most likely includes McCain, or be relegated to another 8 years of Clinton.