For better or worse, the words that defined 2014

Let’s just say that it’s a good thing the 2016 front-runners have time to hone their games.

“We came out of the White House not only dead broke, but in debt.” That was Hillary Rodham Clinton promoting her latest book, the one with the $8 million advance.

“Don’t let anybody tell you that, you know, it’s corporations and businesses that create jobs.” And that’s HRC at an October rally, apparently looking over her shoulder at Elizabeth Warren. 

Mrs. Clinton did not corner the market on tone-deafness. Here’s Republican Gov. Chris Christie three days earlier, to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce: “I gotta tell you the truth. I’m tired of hearing about the minimum wage—I really am.”

And Mike Huckabee, another presumed GOP 2016 wannabe, might reconsider this comment: “My gosh, I’m beginning to think that there’s more freedom in North Korea, sometimes, than in the United States.”