A throwaway line in a Politico piece on this weekend's RNC “winter retreat” for major donors at Los Angeles’ Beverly Wilshire Hotel:

Plenty of lowbrow Hillary Rodham Clinton jokes were tossed around at the three-day event, but of highest concern was the notion of Obama seizing the Oval Office in a contest against presumptive GOP nominee John McCain.

I guess it just goes without saying that Republican officialdom and their fat cat backers toss off "lowbrow" jokes about Clinton, even in a public setting like an official party event.

It's just a scene-setter: The martinis were ice cold, the greens were lightning fast, the steaks were bloody rare, and, oh, by the way, Hillary is a __________.

What a knee-slapper. Fun times on the GOP side.