I was surprised by the effusive praise Keith Olbermann and other pundits gave Hillary's speech last night. It was almost all about her. And, as usual, she padded her resume. When she claimed to have fought for healthcare for 35 years, I couldn't help remembering that it was more like 35 weeks. She bungled it badly, first time around, turning congressional Democrats against her because she refused to let anyone know about her secret plans and refused to compromise. And then, she abandoned
healthcare all together, until John Edwards made it a cornerstone of his 2008 campaign.

35 years in the trenches?  She might as well have brought up the Bosnia sniper fire again.

She went on about all she'd done and never giving up and every once in a while, she dropped Obama's name. The speech ended well and it seemed that she was onboard to help elect Obama but there was this nagging sense that she'd never said anything good about his efforts, only about her own.

But, okay, others loved it and I hoped that she'd made clear to her PUMAs that, if they wanted all the wondrous things they believed they would have had with Hillary, Obama was their only shot.

Then, I read this about what Bill Clinton was saying just hours before. And it was apparent to me, at least, that the Clintons are still screwing with us to further their own agenda:

Speaking at a forum of ex-world leaders less than a mile from the site of the Democratic National Convention, Bill Clinton drew an analogy that had many wondering whether the former president had made peace with the idea of an Obama candidacy.

"Suppose for example you're a voter and you have candidate X and you have candidate Y," Clinton said. "Candidate X agrees with you on everything but you don't think that person can deliver on anything. Candidate Y disagrees with you on half the issues but you believe that
on the other half, the candidate will be able to deliver."

"This is the kind of question that I predict — and this has nothing to do with what's going on now — but I am just saying if you look at five, 10, 15 years from now, you may actually see this delivery issue become a serious issue in Democratic debates because it is so hard to figure out how to turn good intentions into real changes in the lives of the people we represent."

So, he threw in the disclaimer that it has "nothing to do with what's going on now" to cover his ass. This comes right after he praised McCain on environmental issues, the same McCain who chants, "Drill here. Drill now." Clinton wants EVERYONE to understand who candidates X and Y are, yet he wants to be able to say, "Who, me?" when he's called on it.

This isn't about the Clintons getting behind Obama. It's the kick-off of Hillary's 2012 campaign.