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Wednesday, June 4, 2008 12:00 AM

Barack Obama's epic win

The young senator makes history not only in terms of race, while a determined Hillary Clinton delays the inevitable a bit longer.

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  • Wednesday, June 4, 2008 05:53 AM

    Please!

    R-E-S-P-E-C-T?

    lol, nice analysis. Hillary doesn't want veep. What she wants is to leverage anything she can to keep the wound open and perpetuate the division between her supporters and Obama's. By overshadowing his win, questioning his legitimacy and flat-out direspecting his electability versus McCain, she's creating a situation wherein he can't offer her the position which her surrogates will use to stoke the resentment in her followers. And she'll use it as a thin pretext to hold her delegates till August. And she'll appeal Michigan. And the goal is to innoculate her supporters from the unify meme.

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