Supplicants for the Republican nomination for President two years hence should pay attention to the current Senate race in New York. You misogynist lefties, listen up as well. Hillary Clinton, who deflected her anti-war primary like she would an Arkansas mosquito, is lining up gung-ho Yonkers Marlboro Man John Spencer in the general. This is gonna be a game of T-Ball, folks. No bookie will touch this action, though you can lay a fiver on just how far Senator Clinton will swat Spencer's gray, conservative cranium into rightfield. The unestimable Spencer is a stand-in for any conservative Republican man not named McCain or Giuliani - an incredibly accurate preview of, say, a Clinton-Allen matchup, a Clinton-Romney contest, or a Clinton-Frist tilt. Remember DeNiro in The Untouchables? Watch out for the splatter. Here's my preview: Spencer goes after Clinton with the usual stuff - liberal, carpetbagging, feminist, presidential wannabe anti-Christ yadda-yadda. Clinton smacks Spencer's noggin the length of the Montauk Highway. And then the Republicans (and many Democrats) continue to underestimate her (and the big guy) going into '08. Get yer peanuts here!
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