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Originally Posted by ryberg
I don't know if anyone saw Larry King last night, but there was a pretty hilarious exchange where a woman who was identified as a Republican straegist was trying in a moment of laughing desperation to get the Clinton representative to say that Obama had won and was the nominee, and she just wouldn't do it. In fact at one point she said, "When it is clear who the nominee will be..." At which point you could see the other woman throw up her hands, still laughing, and say, "This is ridiculous!" Later she said she was looking at her Blackberry and could assure everyone there that the Republicans, at least, think Barack Obama is the nominee and that that's who they're running against in November and planning for now.
Another CNN guy noted that Hubert Humphrey was not still contesting the 1968 race for the nomination; still another wondered aloud if Clinton wouldn't offer Obama the VP slot.
Steve
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Then we have the inevitable sports analogies. Can you imagine if this were the Super Bowl? A close game, the winning touchdown scored at the last very second, the crowd goes wild! The winning team hoists their quarterback on their shoulders...and, wait a minute...the other team is also lifting their quarterback up? WTF? Do we need to go down to the locker room and "decide" what to do? At best, it's a buzzkill for the winners. Who the heck are we supposed to drench in Gatorade? Anderson Cooper? At worst, it's an indication of a larger divide, an unwillingness to advocate for the much touted party unity.