"The American people deserve to know that their presidency is not for sale. The Lincoln Bedroom is not for rent."

The sly new form for anti-Hillary campaigning. Don't name her. Just refer to something we'll understand, something that will stimulate us to think of the negative side of the Bill Clinton presidency. Set off that virulent thought process: We can't have the Clintons back in the White House.

This new example is from John Edwards. But he got the idea -- I think -- from Michelle Obama:

One of the things, the important aspects of this race is role modeling what good families should look like. And my view is that if you can't run your own house, you certainly can't run the White House.

That was extra-sly, because it was deniable that it referred to Hillary, which gave her not only the benefit of being able to deny it but the intense and ongoing press (and blog) coverage as everyone had to talk about it all the more.

Does it refer to Hillary? Let's explain -- over and over again -- what it would mean if it did refer to Hillary? Now, considering that it would mean that if it did refer to Hillary, do you think that she meant to refer to Hillary?

Oh, she meant it. And she meant us to do that, and for us to keep doing that for months. And we know we will.

CORRECTION: I apologize for the horrifying Freudian slip, now expunged!