Hillary had the whole hour with Fareed Zakaria this morning on CNN

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6. Her time as Secretary of State was far more than just another entry on her resume

She has an excellent grasp of foreign policy -- and as I said is quite polished now. I know this was a more or less softball interview with Zakaria (the man is a gentleman, one reason I like to watch his program if I can get up in time) but it was pretty wide-ranging.

Don't expect her to announce her candidacy one day sooner than she must, for many reasons. If I understand correctly a lot of legal requirements kick in, but aside from that it opens the door wide to hellacious attacks from the right wing, much worse than anything we've already seen. (Not to mention the atmosphere here, which I can only pray is entirely nonrepresentative of the Democratic side of the equation.)

I look at what the GOP has to offer so far, and there is nobody up to her standard as far as qualifications and intelligence go. I understand that Cruz is scary-smart -- with emphasis on the scary -- but he's smarmy and has no heart; nor does he have her background. I mean, jeez, look at some of the candidates they get: Sarah Palin and Michelle Bachman actually think they're qualified.

I'm interested to see who else on the Dem side decides they want to take a crack at running a year from now, because we really do have some excellent people; but Hillary is out there now...