So as we watch the post-debate buzz on Hillary turn from bad to worse to toxic to hyperbolic, the question remains whether any of her answers or bad moments will really hurt her gigantic lead in the polls.

Still, it appears Hillary’s getting critical coverage from a source we might not expect to hit her hard: NPR. (Transcript from a poster on Daily Kos.)

While it’s true that the Bush administration has made the National Archives’ process for releasing Presidential records more cumbersome and time-consuming, it’s also true that Bill Clinton has asked the Archives not to release personal correspondence between himself and his wife.
Carl Bernstein is the author of A Woman In Charge, a biography of Hillary Clinton:
“Now she’s got herself in the position where she has been apparently, again, disingenuous by saying ‘Oh, well it’s all up to the archives.’ It’s not all up to the archives! It’s up to her husband. I would think that she certainly has the wherewithal to say ‘Hey Bill, why don’t we put these records out there.’”
In fact, the National Archives is ready to release 26,000 pages of Bill Clinton’s records. But it’s waiting for the green light from Clinton’s lawyer, Bruce Lindsey, who has not finished his review of the papers.
So the delay is not, as Senator Clinton claimed on Tuesday, completely beyond her control.
Carl Bernstein doesn’t think we’ve heard the last of this particular issue:
“In that debate the other night, the issue was finally raised. Hey, what do we want? Do we want another President that is not candid, that is not committed to openness? Do we really want another one after the Bush Presidency? And that is what’s going to haunt her, I suspect, through this campaign. And it has changed the dynamic.”

The driver’s license issue opened up significant room on Hillary’s right. But the archives answer might hurt her more among the Democratic primary electorate. I guess it relies heavily on Bernstein’s prediction – will any of her rivals really try to go after her on this issue?