Hillary, Obama and Anonymous Sources

"Then there's that husband of hers. Could there be a more complicated marriage in America?"

There's the Bill factor again.

Get this: Hillary has a new health care plan.

HuffPoster Thomas DeZengotita sympathizes with Hillary's balancing act:

"This is going to be really hard for her. On the one hand, she needs to counter her image as a cold, calculating, ambitious devil-woman with gauzy warm fuzzies--as in that cozy www.votehillary.org/CMS/node/1123"living room announcement of her inclusive hug-us-all presidential candidacy. On the other hand, she has to show she's tough enough to be Commander-in-Chief in The Age of Terror."

Steve Young takes a more personal approach, pronouncing Hillary "cute" and saying he would . . . well, see for yourself.

Hillary remains a media magnet, and other candidates are feeling the gravitational pull, says the New Republic's Michelle Cottle:

"Almost by accident, I found myself with a front row seat for Hillary Clinton's Wednesday press conference about her recent jaunt to Iraq/Afghanistan/Pakistan . . . The Senate television studio was a zoo. In drooling anticipation of the senator's arrival, a couple hundred reporters had crammed themselves together tighter than a can full of Pringles, with many more hovering just beyond the door, prompting multiple Hill veterans to marvel at how they had never, ever seen the place so crazy--not even during impeachment.

"Let's think about that for a moment: Even before announcing her presidential plans, Hillary is already drawing bigger crowds than Bill did after getting busted playing hide the cigar with Monica. Now that is star power . . .

"Now, my assumption going into this Clinton-Obama madness was that the two principals would drown in coverage, while the rest of their colleagues wallowed in non-rock-star obscurity. But so immense is the media energy generated by these two that some of their colleagues may also, on occasion, accidentally benefit from their reflected glory. Take Senator Joe Biden, for instance, who, despite having repeatedly announced his intention to run for president, doesn't exactly have reporters hanging on his every word--much less stalking him for surfside beefcake pics. But, on Wednesday, Biden, along with colleagues Carl Levin and Chuck Hagel, found themselves in the happy position of having booked the Senate TV studio for the half-hour block immediately preceding Hillary's event in order to announce their own anti-Bush-plan Iraq resolution.

"This meant that reporters looking to secure a good seat for the main act came early for the Biden/Levin/Hagel opener. And, even if Biden only got a handful of extra stories out of the coincidence, he clearly enjoyed all the extra attention."

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