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Why do we feel that, out of respect, Clinton should be given a couple of days to make her concession? Her loss has been, for some time now, if not a fait accompli, than a very high probability; so she's had much time to reflect on what that means.
Why de we feel, in Hillary's case, that she needs a couple of days to do what for the rest of us is expected automatically: the decent thing? When the Yankees lost the American League Championship to the Red Sox, Manager Joe Torre didn't ask for a couple of days to absorb that loss and to congratulate his opponents on their win. Can you imagine Maria Sharapova telling reporters at the French Open, "I'm going to continue fighting on" after her humiliating loss Monday to Dina Safina. Why do we need to protect Hillary Clinton's bloated-out-of-any-reasonable-proportion ego at the cost of beginning the much more consequential campaign against McCain?
Mark W
