Hillary news you may have missed

You can be forgiven for missing some Clinton news over the holidays. (We all needed a news break, really, after the gloom and doom of this fall’s news cycle.) So, what have Hill and Bill been up to? A little dancing, a little denying, and some Clinton Foundation-induced headaches (surely there are many, many more to come…).

• The Clintons danced the night away in Times Square on New Year’s Eve, helping Mayor Bloomberg drop the ball on 2008.
• Bill denied reports that he is interested in taking over Hillary’s vacant New York Senate seat, which is being pursued by Caroline Kennedy.
• In an attempt to diminish the power the Pentagon and the VP’s office have had over foreign policy under Bush, Hillary is seeking a bigger budget for State, along with an expanded role in setting policy and big-name special envoys for hot spots around the world.
• James Steinberg and Jacob Lew — both of whom served in the White House under Bill Clinton — were named Hillary’s chief lieutenants, with Lew focused on increasing financing for the diplomatic corps.
• The New York Daily News, which endorsed Hillary back in February, bestowed upon her “New Yorker of the Year.”
• The NYT hinted yesterday at some possible play-to-play allegations involving Bill’s foundation. The paper reported that an upstate developer received Hillary’s help in securing federal money for a mall project after he donated $100K to the Clinton Foundation.