IT’S BIZARRO-WORLD: Democrat Mickey Kaus responds to the defense of Hillary Clinton by conservatives Howard Owens and Bill Herbert:

Hillary’s criticism isn’t a real criticism or an honest criticism, it’s a strategic, partisan criticism, and it’s the sort of un-straight talk she should drop when she’s talking to the troops in a war zone.

I should add that until Hillary’s Iraq trip, I–like many Democrats surveying the current presidential candidates–had been feeling strange new respect for her. Now I remember why I used to loathe her.

Ouch.