Gene Palumbo in a comment on another thread called attention to Frank Rich's column in Sunday's New York Times. I agree: it's worth a look. Rich writes:

In a McCain vs. Billary race, the Democrats will sacrifice the most highly desired commodity by the entire electorate, change; the party will be mired in dj 1990s all over again. Mrs. Clintons spiel about being tested by her 35 years of experience wont fly either. The moment she attempts it, Mr. McCain will run an ad about how he was being tested when those 35 years began, in 1973. It was that spring when he emerged from five-plus years of incarceration at the Hanoi Hilton while Billary was still bivouacked at Yale Law School. And can Mrs. Clinton presume to sell herself as best equipped to be commander in chief on Day One when opposing an actual commander and war hero? I dont think so.Foreign policy issue No. 1, withdrawal from Iraq, should be a slam-dunk for any Democrat. Even the audience at Thursdays G.O.P. debate in Boca Raton cheered Ron Pauls antiwar sentiments. But Mrs. Clintons case is undermined by her record. She voted for the war, just as Mr. McCain did, in 2002 and was still defending it in February 2005, when she announced from the Green Zone that much of Iraq was functioning quite well. Only in November 2005 did she express the serious misgivings long pervasive in her own party. When Mr. McCain accuses her of now advocating surrender out of political expediency, her flip-flopping will back him up.

I am not as riveted on the primaries as others, but I did watch last evening Obama's speech ... and, like Peggy and Grant, I was impressed. Caroline Kennedy's endorsement in today's New York Times now takes on added resonance.

Senator Obama is running a dignified and honest campaign. He has spoken eloquently about the role of faith in his life, and opened a window into his character in two compelling books. And when it comes to judgment, Barack Obama made the right call on the most important issue of our time by opposing the war in Iraq from the beginning.I want a president who understands that his responsibility is to articulate a vision and encourage others to achieve it; who holds himself, and those around him, to the highest ethical standards; who appeals to the hopes of those who still believe in the American Dream, and those around the world who still believe in the American ideal; and who can lift our spirits, and make us believe again that our country needs every one of us to get involved.I have never had a president who inspired me the way people tell me that my father inspired them. But for the first time, I believe I have found the man who could be that president not just for me, but for a new generation of Americans.

And Jeff Jacoby adds some spice in Sunday's Boston Globe:

Hillary likes to claim she is "running to break the highest and hardest glass ceiling," but with Bill back in the White House, would it ever be clear just where the lines of authority really ran? What could possibly check and balance the extraconstitutional power of a presidential spouse who was also a former president? Anytime he wants it, Bill Clinton can have the spotlight. In a revived Clinton presidency, would he be content to remain in his wife's shadow? Or would she continue - as she continues even now - to be in his?

With Rich and Jacoby toiling in the same kitchen, something is definitely cooking.