clinton looked like the inevitable nominee. if you go back to this time in 2005 specifically. let's bring in our gaggle. chicago tribute columnist clarence page. republican ad maker kim al phono. and "the washington post" chief correspondent dan balls, author of author of "collision 2012" that i spent most of my flight back to d.c. reading. nice to see you again in person. i want to put up some remarks that were rid written by mauree dowd on this topic. she said, they see the first woman president as the natural successor to the first black president. in other ways, hillary is not just a natural successor. some of the excitement about barack obama was the prospect of making a clean start, after years of getting dragged into the clinton messes. a conversation where they seemed