Old Memo Suggests What’s Ahead for Clinton

“In one of the thousands of Clinton administration papers released Friday came a hint of what is to come if Hillary Rodham Clinton decides to run for president in 2016,” the Los Angeles Times reports.

Wrote Paul Begala in 1996: “it’s imperative that the president defend the honor of the first lady tonight, with the whole country watching. The Republicans are attacking her without compunction, in part because they know the Democrats are too … to retaliate.”

“The memo does not mention why she was being attacked — but the fact that there were so many options explains why even many Democrats are wary of a Clinton restoration.”