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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 04:48 AM

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    to Ben Alpers, I couldn't get past the sentence: "The first-term Illinois senator was propelled to the nomination by Tuesday's rush of support from superdelegates, " (even Jimmy Carter couldn't wait, a man I admire. )

    Perhaps I should not have aimed my anger at Shapiro, who is just reporting what he saw happening. A few sentences that bothered me, however (after getting through it):

    "delays the inevitable","Clinton seems determined to follow her own timetable ","alternative universe that Hillary Clinton and her most loyal supporters still occupy". All anti-clinton writers seem to know what she is thinking, or worse, feel the need to express what she should be thinking. I find it annoying.

    delay, timetable, alternate universe...just give her some time to breath. It's been a roller coaster for both of them.

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