New Year S Networking Ain T What It Used To Be

It’s Her Turn: Hillary’s the one with the political future. She talked as much as Bill did, and smiled better. She also spoke of a coming ““rendezvous with responsibility.’’ Hmm.

AWOL: Senators Robb, Mikulski and Bayh (and Clinton’s Education secretary, Richard Riley) usually attend but didn’t. Was it due to, you know . . . the unmentionable thing?

GRACE: There’s something admirable about Bill’s stoic refusal to discuss the elephant in the room.

GRACELESSNESS: But he should have thanked his longtime friends for their loyalty, don’t you think?

THANKS, FRANK: GOP pollster Frank Luntz attends, makes everyone feel bipartisan, and disses other GOPs!

WE’RE BEYOND BILL: The weekend is already less about Clintonite networking (““I know Ira Magaziner’’) and more about Internet investing (““I was into eBay early’’).