In today's column, Gail Collins reminds us that the high drama continues tonight with the Democratic presidential debate in Las Vegas. Collins has a serious word about the historic nature of Hillary's bid for the presidency before moving into snark mode and giving us the candidates' positions on radioactive waste in Yucca Mountain. And Collins wonders if John Edwards will try to bite Hillary on the ankle during tonight's debate. A couple of highlights follow:
We have never had anything approaching a female presidential front-runner before. For much of our history, women were prohibited from even speaking in public. The first woman to run for president in this country, Victoria Woodhull, almost got castrated for her uppityness. The first woman to run for a major political party presidential nomination, Senator Margaret Chase Smith of Maine, was reduced to handing out her muffin recipe in New Hampshire.
All of which is to say that Clinton doesn’t deserve any special sympathy as the political alpha dogs come after her, but give us a minute to adjust here, will you?
Collins also gives us "the position of the top three Democratic candidates on putting spent nuclear fuel inside Yucca Mountain:"
Obama: No.
Clinton: Absolutely, positively, I-will-chain-myself-to-the-foothills no.
Edwards: The fact that I once voted yes should not be interpreted as anything but a no. And do not call this waffling. There is only one waffler in this pack, and I don’t even like the way she dresses.
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