Damn those Hillary Clinton staffers and their unauthorized emails and statements. They might be impressively diverse, but they definitely need some media training. Hillary Clinton personally apologized to Barack Obama today for some statements Bill Shaheen, who co-chairs her campaign in N.H., made about Obama's past drug use.

"The Republicans are not going to give up without a fight … and one of the things they're certainly going to jump on is his drug use," Shaheen said. "It'll be, 'When was the last time? Did you ever give drugs to anyone? Did you sell them to anyone?' There are so many openings for Republican dirty tricks. It's hard to overcome."

Shaheen, husband of former New Hampshire Gov. Jeanne Shaheen, apologized for his comments and said in a statement late Wednesday "they were not authorized by the campaign in any way."

Obama said he did not think it was Shaheen's intent to plant such a rumor. The candidate said he is not worried the remarks may damage his campaign "since it's not true."

"I don't think the American people are concerned about what I did when I was a teenager. They're concerned about what I'm going to do as a presidential candidate," he said.

I, for one, will be happy when Hillary vs. Barack takes a Christmas break. Meanwhile, I'm loving what Mike Huckabee is doing over in the other race. Democrats heart Huckabee!