Hillary Clinton had a big weekend, during which she seemed to break through and finally find her sea legs in attacking Barack Obama. Whether those attacks will be too little, too late or not is an open question, but Clinton looked confident in suggesting Obama ought to be ashamed for what she said was a misleading mailer and, later, in mocking his call for bringing people together as naive.

Today, Clinton is seeing headlines about her rearming and going after Obama. But just in case anyone missed it, Clinton heads to a venue this evening that will give every reporter a real chance to see, first-hand, the new, tougher Hillary. Clinton will speak at a low-dollar fundraiser in Washington this evening, and it is likely she will keep up her hard-hitting tactics.

Many aspects of the Clinton appearance tonight look designed to attract media. She will address an audience at The George Washington University, just six or so blocks from the National Press Club and not much farther to the Washington Post and Associated Press bureaus here. The event is billed as a low-dollar fundraiser, entry to which some journalists would give their non-writing arm to attend, though tonight's is open to the press. And the place will be packed: Lisner Auditorium can seat a solid 1490 people.

Just in case journalists missed Clinton's sharp words, replayed endlessly on cable news networks this morning, they will conveniently have another chance to do so. By coming to Washington, the belly of the political beast, Clinton guarantees herself a big press presence, along with every outlet's undivided attention.