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By almost every reckoning (pledged delegates won, popular vote in the primaries), this has been an extraordinarily close contest, even though, as Clinton rightfully noted, "the pundits and the naysayers proclaimed week after week that this race was over." Make no mistake, there has been a snarky tenor of criticism about Clinton's determination to stay the course through all the primaries. Every other presidential dreamer in her position had taken the fight to the convention (Ronald Reagan in 1976, Ted Kennedy in 1980, Gary Hart in 1984), but she has been demonized for hanging on until the first Tuesday in June.
Exactly.
I don't want to see her take it to the convention, but good for her for seeing it to the end of the primaries. She may be demonized (she's used to it, I'm sure, since it's been going on for years), but she has put a big crack in that glass ceiling for the woman who eventually wins it. Thank you Hillary.
Now go Obama!
