Opinion: Hillary Clinton now set for a ‘Letterman’ star turn

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Fair is fair.

On the heels of Barack Obama’s starring role Thursday in the Top Ten segment on the ‘Late Show with David Letterman,’ CBS has announced that Hillary Clinton will get the same slot on Monday’s show.

Obama had delivered a Top Ten list back in January, but Clinton is a veritable mainstay for Letterman. The CBS release announcing her latest appearance notes that it will be the 11th time she’s been a part of the program.

And, actually, perhaps there is a fairness question surrounding the chance Clinton gets for friendly exposure on a broadcast network on the eve of the North Carolina and Indiana primaries.

Got to give her campaign credit, though: It’s getting better at this gambit. On the eve of the crucial Ohio and Texas primaries, in early March, her chance to soften her image was confined to cable -- a guest spot on ‘The Daily Show with Jon Stewart.’

-- Don Frederick