Chatterbox

Where’s Hillary?

Is Chatterbox missing something, or has one major defender of the president been conspicuously AWOL in the wake of the Kathleen Willey allegations? In January, when the Lewinsky charges surfaced, Hillary Clinton was all over the airwaves defending her husband. But after Willey, silence. … Why the failure to defend? At the rather rightish D.C. party Chatterbox attended last night, young staff types (who despite being rightish have contacts in the White House) were buoyed by the rumor that Willey was a “last straw” for the First Lady. … Could easily be apprehensive speculation or wishful thinking, depending on which side you’re on … But the Hillary blackout seems to call for some explanation …