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What would it take for Clinton to concede defeat? An insider remembers -- and draws lessons from -- the backroom deals that ended another brutal, racially charged Democratic slugfest.
  • Conley is so wrong.

    Conley gets this so wrong in so many ways, I don't know where to begin. Clinton had leverage months ago. She's already done her race-baiting damage and there is really no reason for Obama to make a deal with her at this point.

    Right of first refusal for VP? Give me a break! Obama doesn't want her, nor should he. The whole thing is a trap - she doesn't want to be VP and would just turn it down, thus embarrassing Obama and sending an unmistakeable message to her core supporters.

    Pay off her campaign debts? Why? Again, that deal might have made sense months ago. What Obama would have needed in return would have been a cessation of racially tinged attacks. What's his incentive to give her campaign millions of dollars now?

    Finally - don't pay your staff, they knew what they were getting into - huh?