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The news came swiftly Thursday afternoon. Now that Robert Novak had finally revealed one last secret in the ever-fraudulent story about Valerie Plame's identity being leaked - we could put it all behind us and promise never to mention it again right?

The New York senator has never actually declared her intention to run for the top job but one group of faithful supporters will not let such facts get in the way of their campaign. The organisation, Hillary Now!, has no official ties to the former First Lady`s office, but claims to be laying the foundation for her possible bid for the presidency. "Hillary is the strongest Democrat. She`s the most popular woman in the country," said its president, Bob Kunst. "This is politics from the grass roots up. Hillary is a lightning rod within the Democrat party and this is...

In three years, the United States will know who the Democratic and Republican nominees for president will be. Today, many have anointed their choice of Democratic nominee, Sen. Hillary Clinton from New York. In choosing a president, the country is, of course, also choosing a commander-in-chief, the most solemn of jobs performed by the president as he or she undertakes to "provide for the common defense."