While lobbying her on Wednesday, "she told me I was preaching to the choir," a suprised Jackson told the New York Post.

Mrs. Clinton certainly sounded yesterday as if she and the one-time civil rights leader were on the same page.

"As we look at our election system, I think it's fair to say that there are many legitimate questions about its accuracy, about its integrity, and they are not confined to . . . Ohio," she complained to the Senate.

But when it came time to follow through, Hillary headed for the tall grass - leaving California's Barbara Boxer holding the bag as the lone Senate Dem to actually register her objections with her vote.

The disappointed reverend probably should have realized that Sen. Clinton would try to have it both ways - without formally lining up with the Democrat grassy-knollers.

In fact, only last week Hillary's advisor-in-chief gave Bush's election his seal of approval.

"I voted for the other fellow, but President Bush won this election fair and square," Bill Clinton told CNN's Larry King.

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