At the democratic retreat, Tom Daschle limited himself to a few lame, recycled jokes about Trent Lott. Fine, if you can't beat the guy in front of you, you can always live off of past glories.

But Bill Clinton was vintage. He said that "Lott was probably just trying to make an old man feel good," but that (paraphrasing) "Republic guilt over race had been building, and they just offered up Lott as a sacrifical lamb."

Isn't that Bill all over? Concede the point you've already won (Lott's gone), and use it to paint all Republicans as racists.

Won't work this time, Bill.