Somewhere Al Gore is probably experiencing painful campaign flashbacks. Like if he heard NBC’s Andrea Mitchell ask Hillary Clinton in a recent interview, “Does it hurt you when people say you are too lawyerly, you parse your words, you are not authentic, you’re not connecting?”

Or when the Wall Street Journal published a piece suggesting so much of what Clinton does sounds “scripted and poll-tested.” Or when Politico declared she’s a White House hopeful “with an authenticity problem.” Or when the Washington Postreported, “Her campaign has struggled to present her as authentic and relatable.” Or when McClatchy Newspapers asked “Is Hillary Clinton Authentic Enough for Voters,” and likened her to Richard Nixon.

The Beltway media’s newest talking point is that Clinton is some kind of phony. They pulled the same trick in 2002