Is Hillary Done?

"Wow was he on fire tonight. He will not have his patriotism impugned by the McCarthyites of the far right. Nor should he. He regained that patriotic message tonight. And I'm not in any way ashamed to say it moved me to my core."

Arianna, after reporting that John McCain had told her he didn't vote for George W. Bush in 2000, is steamed about the rebuttal from his top aide to my colleague Juliet Eilperin:

"The way the McCain camp has reacted to my revelation about his not voting for Bush in 2000, immediately moving into kill-the-messenger mode, is further confirmation of what has happened to McCain -- now willing to say or do anything, or sling mud at anyone, to satisfy his hunger for the White House.

"And I'm curious, at exactly what point did Mark Salter decide I was 'a flake, and a poser, and an attention seeking diva'? Was it before or after I hosted a book party at my home for the book he co-wrote with McCain, Faith of My Fathers?

"Was it before or after our many conversations about McCain giving the keynote address at the 2000 GOP Shadow Convention I organized in Philadelphia to underline the failure of both political parties to address major issues, such as campaign finance reform?"

Pollsters are asking: Should she quit? No, not Hillary--Katie!

Forty-six percent said Katie Couric "shouldn't be replaced. One quarter of respondents said she should be replaced," says USA Today. A better rating than some politicians.

Finally: A campaign angle I haven't read before. Salon's Joan Walsh flags it:

"Confounded by the eternal Democratic primary race? Michael Wolff explains it all for you this month in Vanity Fair. It's simple: your feelings about Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama have a lot to do with your feelings about their sex lives, even if you're not thinking about their sex lives, you think you're thinking about their gas tax proposals. Oh, come on, admit it, you have to be thinking about sex and Barack and Hillary. Michael Wolff is, and he's paid handsomely to think about all this stuff. You're just in denial."

Gee, I never . . . I mean, I wasn't thinking . . . Am I out of touch?