• Rove and Hillary.

    Karl Rove told the Washington Times’ Bill Sammonc for a book that Hillary will be the Dems’ 2008 Presidential nominee: “She is the dominant player on their side of the slate.” Then he qualified his remarks: “It’s just too early. She will be a formidable candidate in the Democratic primary, is what I meant.”

    Hillary responded:

    “Karl Rove is a brilliant strategist. So, if I were thinking about this,” she told WROW-AM radio in Albany, “I’d say, why are they spending so much time talking about me?”

    “What they’re hoping is that all of their missteps, which are now numbering in the hundreds, are going to somehow be overlooked because people, instead of focusing on the ‘06 election, will jump ahead and think about the next one,” said Clinton, D-New York.

    And Rove reacted:

    Responding for Rove, a Republican National Committee spokeswoman said, “Senator Clinton would be better served if she spent less time flattering herself with perceived obsession and more time focusing on her job.”

    Blah, blah, blah.

    The MSM is doing it’s Hillary thaang. They are enthralled by the lady and whatever touches her in a complimentary manner finds its way to gushing print and/or broadcast. If Rove had said that about Joe Biden, it would probably not have been mentioned, Biden’s response would have been better and more acerbic, it might have been worth a graph or two on page A-14. Not that they think much of Joe Biden. You’d think, though, that they would realize that this next Presidential election will be about foreign policy and defense, and Biden has a way of saying nothing but coming across as an oracle. Hillary giggles.

    Hillary will not be the Democrat nominee, but I’m not going to tell you whom I think will. It’s just too early, to coin a phrase.