...candidate or not.

Her whole argument in the primary is that she's ready to be President, experienced and can get things done in Washington.

Well...McCain beats her in all three categories in a general election race.

Obama is smart enough to have positioned himself for the general election by not running on his experience.

Also, as Obama himself has said -- he's pulling his punches on Hillary quite a bit for the sake of party unity. The few shots he's thrown at her have made Hillary supporters livid with anger (see the idiotic manufactured controversy about whether Obama flipped Hillary the finger).

So Obama has to tread lightly here.

Hillary, on the other hand, has nothing to lose. She doesn't give a shit of the country goes down the toilet under John Mccain. She can run against him in 2012. And she doesn't much care if she pises off Obama supporters in the process either. As long as she gets the nomination -- she's fine with that.

In any case -- I think you are dead wrong about Hillary.