Via Drudge, we see Hillary's camp is trying to pin the blame for Clinton's poor performance last night on Tim Russert:

CLINTON INNER-CIRCLE BLAME 'UNFAIR' MODERATOR TIM RUSSERT. 'HE BORDERED ON THE UNPROFESSIONAL,' TOP HILLARY ADVISER CHARGES. 'HE BROKE DEBATE RULES AND WAS BELLIGERENT'...

Please. Blaming Russert is not only ridiculous, it makes Hillary and her campaign look like a bunch of spoiled children. Why not say, "so we had one bad night out of a hundred" and leave it at that? Better yet, why say anything at all?

Up until now, the Clinton camp has been basking in near constant media praise for having run a "flawless campaign." But they hit one bit of turbulence and this is how they respond? Maybe they're not the smooth operators everyone thinks they are. Or maybe Clinton's performance last night polled so badly it spooked them into a panicked overreaction.