Columnist, author and drinker Christopher Hitchens says a Hillary Clinton appointment to the Obama Cabinet would be a "ludicrous embarrassment for the President and for the country." Among other things, Hitchens notes that Clinton's race-baiting during her campaign for the Democratic nomination – "Senator Obama’s support among … hard-working Americans, white Americans, is weakening again…" – makes her unfit to serve with America's first half-black president.

Hitchens, who famously took Mother Theresa to task, is occasionally an insufferable blowhard, but we think he has a point here. Fortunately for Hillary, Barack seems to be more forgiving than Christopher. Or at least more Machiavellian.

Hillary Clinton might not have had the best year ever, but she is, undoubtedly, one of the women of the year. She was joined at Glamour's annual Women of the Year Awards last night by her fellow honorees, including, artist Kara Walker, Condoleezza Rice, and Tyra Banks, who was not, incidentally, awarded for being the woman with the most preposterous talk show. Conspicuously absent? One Governor Sarah Palin.

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The drama created in the past few months by the selection of the vice-presidential candidates and the conventions might have made you forget all of the intense months that preceded the general election. Everything is all warm and fuzzy between Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton now, but for a while there, the primary threatened to permanently split the Democratic party down the middle. It clearly did not, but still. Let's reminisce with this Daily Kos video that looks back over this long, crazy campaign.

I've been covering this election since Stereohyped launched in April of 2007. It's a wonder that only just now, mere days before Election Day, have I officially entered burnout mode. Proof: my very vivid dream last night.

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• Hillary Clinton says there's almost a zero chance she'll run for president again. True or False? [HP]

• Dave Chappelle's oldest son is his mini-me. [Jezebel]

• Speaking of seldom-seen celebrity spawn, Diddy's "secret" daughter looks quite a bit like his two not-so-secret daughters. [SOHH]

• We knew this was coming: Angela and Vanessa Simmons have just announced their new Runs House spin-off. [BV]

It could be argued that women have played a larger role in this election than any other previous presidential tally in American history. Hillary Clinton made sure of that, drawing 18 million of the votes and breaking down barriers for countless ladies across the country.

When Clinton lost the Democratic party's nomination and it became clear nominee Barack Obama would not ask her to run for him, the Republican National Committee became more determined than ever to bring a woman onto their ticket, according to an RNC source close to the selection process. This source tells Ian Halperin, an investigative reporter who previously exposed Scientology's homophobic history, that the RNC's estrogen-heavy short list included Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. The hawkish, familiar and capable Rice seemed like be a good pick. Although she wouldn't draw as many women as Clinton, nor as many blacks as Obama, her placement could have skewed the numbers a little.

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Wherein you, the readers, talk amongst yourselves.

Do you think Hillary Clinton did her best to bring her supporters over to Barack Obama's side last night? Do you think it was her responsibility or duty to do so?

Hillary Clinton brought the house down at the convention yesterday, giving a speech that has, predictably, been lauded and panned. More lauding than panning, I think, but I tend not to turn to Fox News after major Democratic speeches. If it matters, I thought it was great. She had me smiling ("Sisterhood of the Traveling Pantsuits"), nodding vigorously ("were you in it for me or were you in it for [insert marginalized group]?"), and she even gave me that familiar "Yes, We Can" tingle when she channeled Harriet Tubman at the end there. Some of the criticism I saw in the analysis after the speech had to do with how vigorously she pushed the Obama-For-President agenda, but I'm not sure how much more she could have done that without sounding disingenuous. Keith Olbermann reported that on her way to the podium before the speech and on her way out after, Obama staffers gave her a standing ovation. Also, when she asked who her supporters were in it for, that was clearly meant to directly shame the P.U.M.A.s and their ilk.

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Rush Limbaugh is crazy, racist, sexist, and generally out of touch and wrong. Obviously, this comes as no surprise to most anyone that isn't a fan of his show. The latest: He believes that no one ever criticizes Obama because you can't be mean to "the little black man-child." If Rush Limbaugh were actually treated like the fringe bigot that he actually is, none of this would really matter. In reality, about 20 million people tune into his show a week.

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Like so many rappers these days, Ludacris has put out a pro-Obama freestyle. Besides proudly mentioning that Obama has a few of his songs on his iPod, he also said, "Hillary hated on you, so that bitch is irrelevant." Of course, Barack Obama is being called upon to reject and denounce, this time by Clinton's former national finance co-chair, Yashar Hedayat.

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