One of the worst answers of the night at the YouTube/CNN debate was when Hillary Clinton answered a question on why she sent Chelsea to a private school rather than a public one in DC:

  • CLINTON: And Chelsea went to public schools, kindergarten through eighth grade, until we moved to Washington. And then I was advised, and it was, unfortunately, good advice, that if she were to go to a public school, the press would never leave her alone, because it’s a public school. So I had to make a very difficult decision.


I can think of any number of legitimate reasons for Hillary and Bill to have sent Chelsea to a private school. But unfettered press access isn't one of them. Hillary most assuredly knows that even a "public" school limits who can and cannot enter onto its grounds. And why didn't the "press" bother Chelsea when she was in public school in Little Rock?

I suspect what we are seeing here is the beginning of a new Hillary "talking point," namely that the media is "mean" to her. This will be her excuse to avoid all sorts of issues that a normal candidate might suffer, as well as her excuse to keep ducking tough questions by skipping serious news programs for fluff like Jay Leno.