While I think Hillary to be McCain's 'dream' Democratic VP, for the last month or two I've been advocating that attacks on her character are divisive and counterproductive. Man, I'm praying Fineman's anonymous source is lying about this...

Newsweek has a "source who is personally close to the Clintons" saying that though Hillary personally doesn't want the nomination, she is asking that he not pick another woman for VP. "Hillary's supporters, and Hillary herself, can't stand the idea that he would pick another woman," according to the source.

Howard Fineman of Newsweek interprets the demand: "And why does Hillary care so much that Obama not pick another woman? Perhaps because Hillary has spent the last several months turning herself into the tribune of millions of working women. She deserves a lot of credit and respect for doing so. She is still their candidate, and she doesn't want to cede that to another Democrat of the same gender."

When he sits down with Hillary for an hour this Sunday, will Stephanopoulos discuss the centerpiece of Hillary's campaign over the last two weeks, Magnequench?

Again and again in campaign ads and stump speeches (that are now hilarious in hindsight - full ad here), she's come down forcefully on President Bush for compromising our national security and costing Americans their jobs by allowing Magnequench, an Indiana factory for smart-bomb parts, to be sold off to China.

As is now being (under)reported, it was actually President Clinton, not Bush, who approved the sale back in '95. The plant shut down and started shipping equipment to China in '99.

At the time of the sale, George Stephanopoulos was a Senior Advisor on Policy and Strategy. How can George claim to be objective on this when he interviews her on Sunday? To reveal her deception of blaming this on Bush, George'd have to implicate HIMSELF.