Here we are; the endgame.
The primary Kabuki Theater is in full swing. On the surface, both candidates are being more-or-less gracious to their opponents. Clinton talks a good game about party unity, while Obama speaks highly of Clinton, talks about her candidacy as "groundbreaking," and says that she should feel free to stay in the race through the end. Best friends.
Below the surface, or behind the scenes, the campaigns and their surrogates are still fighting tooth and nail. For what? Well, it is little secret that Clinton wants to be the Vice President, and Obama doesn’t want her on the ticket. So Clinton and her surrogates are leaking stories, sending Bill out to talk about sexism and "disrespect," ginning up resentments amongst Floridians, white women, Appalachian voters, and whoever else seems like a potential "anti-Obama" constituency, and talking about how Obama "loses in November." They want to force Obama into a corner, and make it impossible for him to say no to Clinton as VP. Obama’s campaign, for its part, is parrying these thrusts, leaking their VP short-list, and sending surrogates out to tamp down speculation about Clinton as VP.
More after the jump.
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