Old News

I woke up this morning and stared at the cover of the Wall Street Journal where, inexplicably, Hillary Clinton stared back at me. Is this selling newspapers? I am the last person to count Rodham out--in fact, I won't be convinced she doesn't have the nomination until she's safely housed back at Carfax Abbey. But enough is enough.

The other New York newspapers this morning were crying about another Obama pastor scandal. Are you now, or were you ever, a member of The Nation of Islam, Mr. Obama? Immaterial. As usual the press is unable to break through the candidates' public relations so instead we get a romp through Obama's fetid political past--and all politicians make compromises like Barack has--so that's no shame on him.

I don't blame the press. We'll never see another Democrat quoting Aeschylus and the only extra gear you see on the stump these days is righteous indignation followed by some bully applause and fillibustering. You see this on the Daily Show a lot but Bill Clinton is the all-time king.

More to the point, however, is that Hillary needs to make her move now. Whatever tapes she has of Barack partcipating in a black mass with Louis Farrahkan and the FedEx Pope needs to see the light before the convention. At this point, I'd prefer Al Gore to them both--another tallymark for John Derbyshire.