Hillary is "in."  Two brief comments.  This makes this a one issue election - Who can beat her?  She cannot be allowed to have this office.  She is making noises on the side of those that Hewitt has called "retreatists."  Can't afford to argue silliness like creedal/non-creedal theology when this much is at stake.

Which is why she will play as nasty or nastier than McCain on The Question.

If this goes well, Lowell and I should rapidly run out of things to talk about, at least on the Republican side, but somehow I think the other side of the aisle will give us more material than we can handle.

Remember, one question - WHO CAN BEAT HER?

Lowell:  I will once again pull out my crystal ball:  The religious attacks coming from Hillary Clinton's campaign will be both ugly and cunning.  She will follow the Ted Kennedy 1994 playbook and find a way to preserve deniability for herself and her campaign.  She may, in true Clintonian fashion, even find a way to position herself as appalled– appalled! — by the use of Romney's religion against him, but not until she feels sufficient damage has been done.

Look for her to use these issues:  racism (based on the LDS Church's policy on African-American men and the church's lay priesthood, which was abolished 30 years ago); the status of women in the church (our lay priesthood is male only), and, to a certain extent, polygamy. (They won't use polygamy 1/10  as much as the other two, but somehow, some way, the Clintonistas will find a way make use of it.)

In answer to John's "who can beat her?" question, I'll say that what intrigues me most about that is the prospect of head-to-head debates between Clinton and Romney.  Bottom line:  She does not have a likeable persona, and Romney is the walking, talking definition of likeable.  John McCain, in contrast, is not all that warm and fuzzy, and along with a very acerbic side, has a famously bad temper.  How will that play out?  I have a hunch, but time will tell.

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