A WASTE IS A TERRIBLE THING TO MIND. Or, in other words: “Nowadays, every politician will be defeated by exactly one word. Kerry got ‘stuck.’ Biden had ‘clean.’ Obama gets ‘wasted.'”

UPDATE: One reader jokes that for Hilary, the word is “Bill.” But he’s actually more popular now than he was when he was President. The clue to Hillary’s word, if it exists, is probably to be found in this post by Arianna Huffington: “Team Hillary’s attempt to out-weasel John Kerry’s legendary ‘I actually did vote for the $87 billion before I voted against it’ continues in earnest.”