Peggy Noonan asks whether the inevitable is actually rather, well, evitable. She senses a little unspoken doubt creeping into Hillary’s tone,

Mrs. Clinton is acting as if she’s scared. She insists to Katie Couric that she’s the next president–”It will be me”–and she’s back to using the language of aggression — there’s been a lot of “beat,” as in they’ve been trying to “beat me.” In the first 60 seconds of her Couric interview she used some variation on the word “attack” five times. If Mitt Romney talked like this, they’d be asking who put the Red Bull in his milkshake.

and a distinct lack of “crawling over broken glass” enthusiasm by her supporters.

Inevitable is a good game to play until it doesn’t work anymore. A while back I was speaking to a Democrat who supports Mrs. Clinton, and I mentioned in passing that Obama might win the nomination. “Nothing is written.” The Clinton supporter said, “Well I would love to support Obama if that happens.” It was a standard thing to say, and yet the Clintonite said it awful quick.

I still think Hillary has the nomination hands down. She is the epitome of the establishment candidate. But sometimes enough layers get peeled back and the truth is rather uglier than advertised.