Shocker: Mrs. Clinton Won't Release Records Until 2009 (Update: Poll Numbers Plummet)

What is she hiding?

The woman can't even answer a simple question, but the media seems frsutrated why she won't release records.

Of course, next time this comes up, she'll just cackle and claim it's old news.

Democratic frontrunner Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., has been taking heat from her Democratic and Republican opponents for the reams of papers detailing her various activities as First Lady that the National Archives has yet to release from the William Jefferson Clinton Presidential Library.

And now questions are being raised about why another set of papers relevant to her political career at yet another Arkansas library will not be available to the public until well after election day 2008, despite earlier indications that the papers would have been released by now.

Those papers were written by Diane Blair, a close friend of Bill and Hillary Clinton, who taught and engaged in Arkansas politics until her death due to lung cancer in 2000.

As a trusted friend during then-Gov. Bill Clinton's successful presidential run in 1992, Blair was permitted to extensively interview 126 senior and junior Clinton campaign aides, which resulted in four enormous binders full of information.

The information was to be published in a book that Blair, a historian and author, ultimately never wrote.

Only two copies of the Blair Report were ever made; one was given to the Clintons, the other remained in Blair's custody until after her death, whereupon the books were given to the University of Arkansas Library.

Last month the University of Arkansas announced that the Blair Papers would not be made public until 2009. Andrea Cantrell, the head of research services at the university library's Special Collections, told reporters that the Papers were not yet processed.

But that claim seems questionable, according to statements the Library itself has made obtained by ABC News.

UPDATE: It hasn't received much notice yet, but Clinton's lead has slipped since her disastrous performance in last week's debate.

Hillary Rodham Clinton's lead over Barack Obama has plummeted sharply after her shaky performance in last week's presidential debate, during which she badly flubbed an answer about driver's licenses for illegal aliens.

Clinton's lead over Obama has shrunk by 11 points, 44 percent to 25 percent, in the CNN/Opinion Research poll.

A month ago, Clinton was on top by 30 points, 51 percent to 21 percent.

The drop comes after Clinton's worst debate performance, where she came under fire for waffling on Gov. Spitzer's plan to give licenses to illegals.

The talking heads told us last week her stumble only increased her leaded.

Whre are they now?