Hillary trying to take control of the debate:

Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton has a new commandment for the 2008 presidential field: Thou shalt not mention anything related to the impeachment of her husband.

With a swift response to attacks from a former supporter last week, advisers to the New York Democrat offered a glimpse of their strategy for handling one of the most awkward chapters of her biography. They declared her husband's impeachment in 1998 -- or, more accurately, the embarrassing personal behavior that led to it -- taboo, putting her rivals on notice and all but daring other Democrats to mention the ordeal again.

"In the end, voters will decide what's off-limits, but I can't imagine that the public will reward the politics of personal destruction," senior Clinton adviser Howard Wolfson said Friday, when asked whether the impeachment is fair game for Clinton's opponents. Earlier in the week, Wolfson dismissed references to President Bill Clinton's conduct as "under the belt."

Yeah, it was that - under the belt, I mean...it was also, apparantly, under the Oval Office desk, but we'll leave that aside.

What Hillary is trying to do here, of course, is keep everyone away from the primary reason for not nominating Hillary - the American people don't seem thrilled with the prospect of another Clinton White House. We know that Hillary won't play around, but we also feel fairly certain that another Clinton White House will mean another series of "bimbo erruptions" courtesy of Bill.

We'll have to see if it works - personally, I don't think the Donks should lay down for this - after all, Hillary's political knee-cappers will be dredging up every bit of dirt they can on everyone else, so why not remind people of what the Clinton's bring to the table?

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