What if…

…Hillary's telling the truth? After all, she's not a Republican.

Garance Franke-Ruta peeks past the conventional wisdom.

"...if you take the He's Just Not That Into You approach to her actions and look at what she's actually doing instead of constantly speculating, it actually looks like she may not be running for president, or at least not at this time. This, of course, would be perfectly consistent with what she and her staff constantly repeat -- that she is focused on her Senate race -- even though no one believes them."

I've been figuring against a Hillary run for some time, probably with an announcement about her concern over the threat the rigors of a national campaign might pose to Bill's health. There's just no way to keep him out of it, or to reign him in when it's underway, right?

Good a reason as any.

That's why I don't get too excited when she demonstrates her general antipathy to civil liberties with specific acts of blue dog idiocy.

After all, she's really just another conservative Democrat from the northeast, likely to face the fate of Joementum in a national intra-party contest.