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During Hillary Clinton's marathon of television performances Sunday, she was asked yet again about the MoveOn.org newspaper ad that questioned Gen. David Petraeus' truthfulness. Clinton had already been asked about the ad four times previously, but this time she had a new answer: She denounced it. "I don't condone anything like that, and I have voted against those who would impugn the patriotism and the service of the people who wear the uniform of our country," she told Tim Russert. "I don't believe that that should be said about General Petraeus, and I condemn that."

Sen. Hillary Clinton — she of the Rodham charm — has thrown it down. She's unofficially, but inferentially, in the presidential race for 2008. Not that anyone believed otherwise. But the beyond-all-doubt moment occurred this week when she evoked slavery and plantation life during a speech before a mostly black audience celebrating the Rev. Martin Luther King's birthday. MOST POPULAR STORIES Trojans, Longhorns Team Up in Hula Bowl San Marcos white-water park flowing State trooper dies in fiery wreck Abrams' learning curve continues to improve Give up, Army; he's been all he can be How else to interpret that bit...