WASHINGTON -- "Beauty and the Beast" was on television Monday night -- the movie, not the continuing news saga of our current president and the most recent former one. That show seems to be a never-ending saga.

The Clinton pardons have made news commentators' jobs easy. There have been daily news pegs to hang the harsh words on. Those anti-Clintonites who feared that President Bill Clinton might make a quick political comeback can rest easy. Every day that prospect is growing more and more remote.

Sen. Hillary Clinton is constantly under hostile fire from the press. And she doesn't handle the pressure well at all. Her reactions and answers when pressed about her husband's and brother's questionable deeds lack credibility and finesse.