1.   By becoming a political combatant, Mrs. Clinton has become almost as controversial as her husband.

2.   Hillary Clinton has been a full-time political combatant and campaign partner all along.

3.   Party officials called the joint statement from the two political combatants unprecedented.

4.   The public senses this and now lumps the noisy press and partisan political combatants together as a bunch of troublemakers diverting the country from its real problems.