DENNY RETIREMENT DELAYED BY CLINTON?

From U.S. News and World Report:

House Speaker Dennis Hastert's retirement, already delayed by a plea from President Bush to stick around, could be put on hold permanently if Democrats get their way, we hear.

Top Republican insiders say that the Illinois lawmaker, who has pledged to stay until 2008, will be urged to continue if New York Democratic Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton gets the party's presidential nomination, as many expect.

"We'll need continuity if she's president," said a key GOP strategist. "We'll need our side organized to fight."

Yup, there is no one who embodies continuity like Denny.