And Hillary, who is at long last in a job that she earned on her own merits, has lost that irritating question mark she used to carry around above her head like a thunder cloud: What is Hillary owed because of what she gave up, and went through, for Bill?
Here's her statement in all its glory: Claims and misgivings have been expressed by Pop Star, Madonna and her agents, against the Malawi Government and its leadership for not giving her the attention and courtesy that she thinks she merits and deserves during her recent trip to Malawi.
I don't think she merits that price, however and could be beatable.
And, rather than pushing for some immediate legislation, the White House announced that it was setting up a federal commission a classic stalling tactic to be headed up by Betsy DeVos, the Secretary of Education, who told CBS News's "60 Minutes," on Sunday night, that she sees merit in Trump's crackpot idea of arming teachers.
"The government detains individuals on a massive scale without really evaluating whether that person merits detention," she said.
"No one who knows Karen would doubt that on merit she'd deserve a shot at the publisher's job".
But Ms. Nolan testified that she doubted the merits of the pardon petition.
Mrs. Clinton said today that she could support merit pay awarded to entire schools rather than individual teachers, a position close to that of the union and Mr. Levy.
Mr. Giuliani's opponent in the Senate race, Hillary Rodham Clinton, said last week that she would support merit pay plans that rewarded entire schools, rather than singling out individual teachers, an idea that some unions also support.
Cathy Jamieson, the shadow economic secretary to the Treasury, told Today programme Evan Davis that she does "see merit in this particular proposal", and said that she was surprised that the Liberal Democrats are not openly in favour of the tax.
