Hillary Clinton has surprised the political world with the announcement that her campaign pulled in $22 million in primary money ($29 million overall) in the third quarter. Clinton's number overshadows her main rival Obama's $19 million third-quarter-primary-money haul. Here's the question, though: Just why is Clinton's third-quarter number so surprising? Well, it may be because Clinton's flacks spent the past week spinning the nation's top political reporters, telling them that Clinton's take this quarter would be significantly lower than last, and that Obama would likely outraise her. Of course, they probably knew all along that Clinton was on track to raise the $22 million. The result: Clinton looks good, while the nation's political reporters look like gullible fools. That may work out to Clinton's advantage for now--but won't this also result in angry reporters, and future bad press?