Clinton's campaign gathers pace

IF one were to conduct an informal poll among members of the Washington press corps on which major presidential candidates they would like to see occupying the White House after 2016, it won't be surprising if the majority of the journalists - regardless of their own political orientation - would pick Hillary Clinton as their choice.

Want to know why? Consider that since the former Secretary of State announced her candidacy last month, a day hasn't passed by without a new revelation that ties the former First Lady to an alleged political or financial scandal, to another this "gate" or that "gate".

To put it in simple terms, if you are a journalist covering Washington and hoping that your stories would be splashed on the front page of the newspaper or lead the television newscast and then dominate the conversation on the Internet, you are quite confident that with a Clinton in the White House, there is never going to be a slow day, with one "gate" following the other, perhaps putting you on track for the coveted Pulitzer Prize.