The Occasional Observer

Kudos to Hillary (did I actually just say that?) for throwing a sucker punch early in the 2012 race.

Any way you look at the situation, it's a win for the Clintons. If the White House tries to make the claim that they set up the negotiations for the release of the reporters in North Korea, it makes their administration look weak an ineffective that an outsider had to get the job done. And if they say that Bubba went over on his own, then Hillary gets to point out that the Clintons can accomplish missions on their own that the presidency was unable to.

And listening to the press conference was priceless: every time one of the reporters thanked "President Clinton" for obtaining their freedom, Obama must have thrown up a little in his mouth. Nothing like getting that idea into people's heads again--"President Clinton." Even if it's a few years away, those little nuggets tend to stick.

Subliminal campaigning--it's all the rage...

And things look better for Mitt by the day.