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Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton is angry with The Washington Post for reporting on her cleavage after she wore a black top with a low neckline on the Senate floor. But always the opportunist, she is using the story to try to boost her presidential campaign. A fundraising e-mail from campaign adviser Ann Lewis urges potential donors to "take a stand against this kind of coarseness and pettiness in American culture." Focusing on women's bodies instead of their minds is "insulting. ... It's insulting to our daughters �” and our sons �” who are constantly pressured by the media to grow...

Does Chris Matthews know something about what Bill Clinton has been up to, so to speak? Not once, not twice, but no fewer than 12 times in under two minutes on Friday's Hardball, Matthews raised the question of whether the former president would "behave himself," not cause "distractions" with his "private life," etc. Chris' guest was Hillary confidant and campaign aide Ann Lewis, who is also sister to Rep. Barney Frank.View video here.Here's how it went:Matthews: "Is Bill Clinton going to be a problem in this campaign? Is he going to behave himself?Lewis pretended not to know what Matthews...

The opening salvo in the Hillary Clinton versus John Kerry 2008 presidential campaign was fired on Thursday. One time Kerry supporter Ann Lewis is now director of communications for Hillary Clinton's political action committee, and she was the marksman (or would that be woman) that went after John Kerry. (Newsday:) The Kerry campaign had "a different message every two or three weeks," Lewis told the Forward, a weekly New York City-based newspaper aimed at a Jewish audience. Lewis is quoted as saying the Kerry campaign "kept trying to rationally convince, to put a presidency together, line by line, plan by...

Ann Lewis: Hillary Will Keep US 'Safe' When she runs for president, New York Sen. Hillary Clinton will do a better job than John Kerry did of convincing Americans that she'll keep the nation safe from terrorist attacks and other national security threats, Clinton's top political strategist said Friday. "The first and crucial step for the Democrats to regain the public trust and confidence is to make clear that people can have confidence in us that we will keep them safe," HillPAC communications director Ann Lewis told the Jewish Forward. Clinton "has a coherent approach to national security that can...

A top adviser to Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton thinks fellow Democrat John Kerry "ran what was basically an inconsistent campaign" for president last year, according to a published report Thursday. Clinton and Kerry are considered potential rivals for the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination. The Kerry campaign had "a different message every two or three weeks," Ann Lewis, director of communications for Clinton's political action committee, told the Forward, a weekly New York City-based newspaper aimed at a Jewish audience. Lewis is quoted as saying the Kerry campaign "kept trying to rationally convince, to put a presidency together, line by line,...

After playing a clip of a John Kerry speach in which Kerry mouthed the standard liberal line of 'we should only attack after a billion years of handwringing' the discussion of the Iraq situation continued. A discussion with Ann Coulter and Ann Lewis.

Can someone provide a photo of Ann Lewis (Bwaney Fwank's sister and aide to Hillary)? Looked on the web and can't find one. Was describing the smug, self-satisfied look that is locked perpetually on her face to a friend. Thanks-- --Boris