Rather than comment on the ubiquitous bus-throwing-under events of this week (this Boston Globe piece sums it up pretty well), let's focus on something extremely surprising and enthralling—Hillary's appearance tonight in Bill O'Reilly's "Spin-Free Zone." She did so fantastically that it even prompted an Obama supporter after tonight's interview to quip, "If she can handle you, Bill, she can handle any rogue nation!" and "I think you have a bit of a crush on her."

My favorite comment, though, was Dennis Miller's sadly accurate observation regarding O'Reilly's asking Clinton if she was surprised that her campaign was getting the most favorable coverage by Fox News vs. MSNBC and NBC(paraphrasing here): "I find it very ironic that it's a vast left-wing conspiracy that's trying to do Hillary in."

The interview airs in four parts over two nights. Part 1 and Part 2 aired today.

She was brilliant. While watching her unparalleled command of facts, history, public policy, political savvy, I couldn't stop thinking of what an unmoderated debate between Clinton and Obama would look like should he accept her challenge (which he won't). If he does, it would make this week's Jeremiah Wright flap look like a painless game of Go Fish.