British Newspapers Are Different

Just reiterating the point from my article about the U.K. press, here’s a pull-out fact from a story in The Sunday Times about how “Democrat Joker Al Franken” will cement Harry Reid’s 60-seat majority when former Sen. Norm Coleman (R-Minn.) loses his lawsuits.

Hillary Clinton, Obama’s surprise choice for secretary of state, has been mooted as a wild card appointment to the Supreme Court, but she would have to abandon any remaining presidential ambitions – an unlikely prospect.

First, who has seriously proposed Clinton for the SCOTUS job? She’s 61 years old, and the liberal consensus is to find a younger, less politically charged nominee who can spend decades on the court. Second, who says that Clinton, who will be 69 on Election Day 2016, is thinking about another presidential bid? Not many people right now. But enough to make it into an article that gets linked by Drudge and read in the United States and kicks off speculation …