[teddyballgame]

Clintonistas fire a warning shot "don't you dare bring up impeachment"...nice try, you don't think all of Billery's scandals (including the portly pepperpot, aren't going to be mentioned?!?!?

[Verginius Rufus]

The media wants the only thing from Hillary's past that is to be considered "baggage" her vote in 2002 about the use of force against Saddam Hussein. Right now you have slight nuances separating the Democrat candidates on the war and on bugging out quickly, but no substantial differences, and the idea is to rule out any idea that Bush was right to remove Saddam or that we should try to finish the job over there...to guarantee that the Republicans will have a huge hurdle to overcome in 2008 over Iraq and (they hope) to guarantee a Democrat victory.

The usual Clinton strategy in every scandal is to stonewall until it can be considered "old news" while attacking anyone who even raises the issue. Hillary's hope is that by 2008 people will have either forgotten all the scandals or will be hostile to anyone who even mentions them.

When you consider her opposition within the Democrat field, her chances still look very good for being the nominee...and the Republicans can't win if half their base won't accept the nominee, or if the nominee can't win votes outside the base.