Let's just look at how Clinton has run her campaign, and see if she's the bitch you claim she is--because 'bitch' is an accolade we shouldn't award too easily.

1) Thought she'd have it all sewn up by Super Tuesday but ran out of money. Upheaval, drama, and strife in her campaign which results in new campaign management, and attracts the notice of not one but two long articles in the NYT and the Washington Post with lengthy, dirt-spilling quotes from aides and campaign staffers. (Why are we even hearing about this? What kind of loyalty/discipline do you inspire if your own aides are talking smack about each other TO THE PRESS?)

2) Flummoxed by Obama's 12 straight wins; Clinton campaign strategy flails around then finally fixes on "kitchen sink" approach, including dog-whistles to Reagan Democrats with race-baiting tidbits like "a Christian, so far as I know..." "Rev. Wright wouldn't have been my pastor," failure to disassociate self quickly from Ferraro, and matronizing illogical moves like "Obama's too inexperienced...but can be my VP." Oh wait, almost forgot: "McCain and I have experience," but not That Other One.

3) A month of negative campaigning by Clinton and the result? Greater polarization between Obama and Clinton supporters, and all-time low approval ratings for Clinton. Drawn-out nomination process in which she acts like she's McCain's running mate.

4) She had the perfectly legitimate opportunity to pick up Edwards delegates during the Iowa county/state conventions, for example, where delegates are further allocated, but instead 7 of 14 Edwards delegates went to Obama. Clinton lost 1 Iowa delegate. Instead of trying to narrow the 150 pledged delegate margin in states with multi-step delegate conventions (like Iowa), SHE CAN'T EVEN MAINTAIN STATUS QUO in Iowa. Instead, she tries to make up her delegate count by re-visiting the issue of MI/FL delegates and re-votes in those states, thereby increasing division, strife, and ill will in the Democratic Party. Where is her Get Out the Vote apparatus?

5) Meddles with Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) process with a letter from 20 of her wealthiest donors arguing that superdelegates should vote "however they feel" (as in, for Clinton) instead of taking the lead from the will of the people as expressed in support of the candidate with the greatest number of popular votes, pledged delegates, and states won. Suddenly the disenfranchisement of MI and Fl voters in the primaries is her concern when she's behind in the delegate count.

6) Shoots self in the foot with overstating her involvement in Bosnia trip/peace accords, peace talks in Ireland, and SCHIP.

Does she follow pre-agreed upon rules? No. Does she focus on making her own campaign effective, organized, and well-run? No. Does she unite supporters behind her? No--all I see are former Clinton supporters who are disgusted at her post-Super Tuesday campaign strategies. Does she peel off Obama supporters, wooing them with honey instead of vinegar? No. Does she have a strong Get Out the Vote apparatus in each state for what will definitely be a close presidential race in November? No. Does she have long coattails for other Democratic candidates in state assemblies on up to the House to run on? No.

If she were really a competent, brass-ovaried bitch, she'd have all those things and more nailed down. Instead, every failure is either the misogynist media's fault or her opponent's.

Did misogyny prevent Clinton from envisioning and building a grass-roots campaign like Obama's? No. Did misogyny prevent Clinton from apologizing for her Iraq war vote like Edwards did? No. Did misogyny somehow paralyze her campaign's first-response/messaging team and let dozens of ridiculously anti-woman, anti-Hillary memes get disseminated in the mass media? Maybe. Maybe she shouldn't let a pollster like Mark Penn also be her campaign manager.

Real bitches don't whine. They just get the job done.

If Clinton runs again, I'd like to see how her tactics hold up against some of the truly accomplished women who are currently governors, members of congress and others in elected office. Women like McCaskill, Sebelius, Boxer, Feinstein, Granholm (born in Canada, more's the pity), Napolitano, and Minner, to name a few. Good luck to Clinton running against some of the accomplished Republican women who are governors. They're all in the pipeline and they'll be ready to run as early as 2012.