Several weeks prior to the primary vote, when it was clear that Obama would win, we began to see essays that pleaded for restraint against lording it over Clinton supporters, despite the intensity of that long, fierce fight. The public compliance with that plea was, at least from an Obama supporter's pov, impressive. Obama and his new administration will face a similar but far greater challenge in the wake of the election, and it will be just as important, maybe more important and even more difficult, to make that same extended effort.
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