Hillary Clinton did the rounds yesterday on all the Sunday talk shows and "demonstrated a particularly senatorial skill: the art of the filibuster." (Anne Kornblut, Washington Post)

Clinton's timing, we're told, was "no accident: Mrs. Clinton and her advisers believe that she has entered the fall campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination in a position of unusual strength." (Patrick Healy, New York Times)

President Bush seems to agree, although winning the White House is another matter. (Charles Hurt, New York Post)

Pot meet kettle. While lashing out at Clinton's lobbyist ties, it looks like Barack Obama has a bit of a lobbyist past himself. (Scott Helman, Boston Globe)

Endorsements matter. The International Association of Fire Fighters thinks it can help Chris Dodd meet his third quarter fundraising goals and maybe "do a little better" thanks to IAFF assistance. (Sam Youngman, The Hill) Let's just hope Dodd doesn't make the same mistakes as his father. (Elisabeth Bumiller, New York Times)

Florida Democrats have decided to stick it to the national party and hold their primary on Jan. 29, despite the DNC's pledge to block the state's delegates at its national convention. (Abby Goodnough, New York Times)

Several Iowa Republicans told us what we already knew: That GOP primary voters are still looking for their "dream candidate." (Jennifer Jacobs, Des Moines Register)

Part Rush Limbaugh, part Bill Clinton? Mitt Romney is trying to tell Republican voters that he "gets it." (Mary Jacoby, Wall Street Journal)

After his first California town-hall, Romney sat down for an interview. (Martin Wisckol, Orange County Register)

Meanwhile, Newt Gingrich is still waiting to see if Republicans want him. "As people have grown more worried about the Clinton machine and the prospect of a second Clinton presidency, more and more people have been approaching me about running," Gingrich said. His threshold for joining the race is if he gets promised donations of $30 million. (Ralph Hallow, Washington Times)

Nothing political here. "We intend to Swift-boat Rudy the way they Swift-boated Kerry," said Deputy Fire Chief Jim Riches, head of a coalition of 9/11 families and workers upset at Giuliani's performance on that fateful day. The group will begin the process today at Giuliani fundraiser in mid-town Manhattan. (Jordan Lite, New York Daily News)

You're great. No, you're great. Giuliani and Bill Clinton were once pretty tight pen pals. (Russell Berman, New York Sun)

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