Let's look at the numbers

Hillary Clinton, defending her remarks:

I was making the simple point that given our history, the length of this year's primary contest is nothing unusual.

There's a lot of things you could say about 2008, but making the claim that it's length is "nothing unusual" is not one of them.

First, take a look at the number of days that lapsed between the first competitive contest and June 1:

1968 -- 81 days (first contest was NH on Mar 12).
1992 -- 104 days (first competitive contest was NH on Feb 18 due to Harkin).
2008 -- 150 days (first contest was IA on Jan 3).

Second, look at the number of days that elapsed between the candidate's campaign kickoff announcement and June 1?

1968 -- RFK had been a candidate for 76 days (announced March 16).
1992 -- Bill Clinton had been a candidate for 242 days (October 3, 1991).
2008 -- Hillary Clinton will have been a candidate for 498 days (January 20, 2007).

I'm getting so sick of Hillary Clinton's bull.