Senator Hillary Clinton is forbidden from being the nation's Secretary of State—by the Constitution! All the hope in the world can't get around that little document, you monster. Here's the Constitutional bit in question, Article I, Section 6:
No Senator or Representative shall, during the Time for which he was elected, be appointed to any civil Office under the Authority of the United States which shall have been created, or the Emoluments whereof shall have been increased during such time.
"Emoluments" is an old-tymey Constitution word for "scrill." And hey, wouldn't you know, between Clinton's 2006 reelection and now, the salary for Secretary of State went up to $191,300!
This has actually, as you might imagine, happened before, lots of times. Usually Congress just passes a bill cutting the salary. But what is different about this nomination, as opposed to the times this has come up in the past? Crazy obsessive anti-Clinton bloggers!
“There’s no getting around the Constitution’s Ineligibility Clause, so Hillary Clinton is prohibited from serving in the Cabinet until at least 2013, when her current term expires,” said Tom Fitton, president of Judicial Watch. “Barack Obama should select someone who is eligible for the position of secretary of state and save the country from a constitutional battle over Hillary Clinton’s confirmation.”
Clinton flack Philippe Reines' response is pretty choice: "This is a Harvard Law grad nominating a Yale Law grad here, so all parties involved have been cognizant of this issue from the outset." BURN.
Vanity Fair's new issue has an article suggesting Clinton has been seeing actress Gina Gershon over the years -- wa wa wa what?!
Why the hell is VF slamming Bill Clinton when Hillary's already down?! Graydon Carter's mag has a piece titled "Bubba Trouble: The Comback Id," in their current issue (on newsstands tomorrow). - Is that what Democrats need to be doing right now? Offering the country more evidence of the Clintons' alleged foibles?
Not to mention, Gina's peeps are all over this, calling it BS ... which it probably is.
Meanwhile, the new issue also features an interview with Angelina Jolie so that she can promote her 
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WTF. Wooden almost actor 
This is the cover of the new New Republic. It's attached to a kinda interesting story about infighting in the 
"'I grabbed her ass,' one young woman exclaimed to her friends after snapping a picture with her arm around the former first daughter."
So—the years of tax returns the Clintons just released? They'll be feeding crazy news stories throughout the weekend. (Friday afternoon news dump! Good work, Clintons!) We'll try to limit ourselves to this: 
Dear 
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Mike Bloomberg sez Hillary's got the nomination sewn up, implies that she can't beat McCain, and says ("jokingly") that "Hillary should pray [he] get[s] in the race." Uh... he might strip away some of McCain's independent support but does he really think a moderate New York mayor would draw more voters from the war-mongering war hero than the hawkish Dem Senator from New York? He'd be a Ron Paul whose supporters are all CEOs instead of angry internet nerds. [
Bill Clinton (and his posse) showed up at Conde Nast HQ yesterday afternoon. No one knows why! Except maybe one of you guys—so 
"Saw Bill Clinton at 2:30 this afternoon leaving Nobu 57. He shook hands, posed for pictures and kissed babies. He was in good spirits and even listened to this woman droll on and on about being from Arkansas."
The Wall Street Journal, in the newspaper's 