Could Rupert Murdoch and Hillary Clinton do a mutual back-scratching deal like the one that saw the Sun switch allegiance to Tony Blair in '95?
Ben over at the other Observer (no relation) thinks so.
Hillary Clinton hasn't had her Hayman Island moment. Yet.
Hayman is a resort off Queensland, Australia, to which Rupert Murdoch flew Tony Blair in 1995 for the annual conference of his right-of-center media megalith, News Corp.
It was a crucial step in the complex and surprising negotiation between the two men that would boost Labour's Mr. Blair up the little stoop and through the door at 10 Downing Street two years later.
Now, the specter of an alliance between Mrs. Clinton and Mr. Murdoch—two of the most powerful and guarded figures in the world—is beginning to whet the appetites of the chattering classes ...
