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As she droned towards the finish, she looked out at a silent, glassy-eyed audience and acknowledged that her speech was a little unusual. "I know this is probably more wonkish than many of you had anticipated," she said, moments after offering her plans for something called geologic carbon sequestration. "But I feel very strongly about it."

This report is merely a precursor of what we can expect if Hillary when annouces she is running for the presidency. The report is mildly critical of her delivery of the speech, but, by and large, is laudatory of Hillary.

I boldfaced "wonkish" in the cited passage because I think Hillary appears to be laying the groundwork and signaling the media that she is indeed the "smartest woman" in the universe. This ploy is exactly what has transpired in too many elections in the past. The only Republican candidate that I can recall as being considered reasonably bright by the media is Richard Nixon. On the other hand, the media has made a list of inellectual giants out of the likes of Adlai Stevenson, Jimmy Carter, Michael Dukakis, Bill Clinton, Al Gore and John Kerry.

Seems like The Onion is part of the 'Hillary is just so smart' game plan.

http://www.theonion.com/content/node/48757

Sorry, for some reason the site will not allow me to copy the text, but the gist of it in a tongue in cheeck manner is that Hillary is 'just too smart and competent to be president.'

"I know this is probably more wonkish than many of you had anticipated," she said, moments after offering her plans for something called geologic carbon sequestration. "But I feel very strongly about it."

Isn't that what the left criticized the president for while he was trying to sell Medicare reform to the public?

Hillary's certainly "wonkish" when it comes to foreign policy speeches, as she was a few months ago. During serious student protest against the mad mullahs and violence being used to put them down, she insisted that Iran was a great country, the first Islamic democracy and women were treated well.