"You should have such trouble", John Podhoretz writes:

In survey after survey, she is running 20 to 30 points ahead of all other Democrats when it comes to asking whom they will support in 2008. She has already raised $10 million for her Senate run this year without even trying. Since she'll clearly have no credible competition, she won't have to spend much of that $10 million — or the $70 to $80 million that may follow it by the time the November election rolls around.

Every cent she doesn't spend in her Senate re-election campaign will go straight into her Hillary-for-president coffers. Which means she will begin the primary cycle as much as $100 million ahead of any other Democrat.

And nothing could make her journey to the nomination easier than getting into trouble now with the right and with centrist Democrats. The Netroots will rally to her side for that alone, and there will be no room for any Democrat to challenge her.

Don't buy the hype about former Virginia Gov. Mark Warner. He's being graded on a curve because half the Washington press corps lives in Virginia and knows him. He's a possibility for vice president, and that's about it.

Wait? What's that you say? John — John Kerry? Oh, yeah, he's got a lot to offer. He appears in those polls in which Hillary garners 40 percent or more. Kerry gets 14 percent.

Kerry would be doing Hillary a favor to run against her, because stuffing the guy who got 59 million votes in 2004 would be a mark of her electoral power come 2008.

So when it comes to counting Hillary out, take my advice: Don't.

On the other hand...