Senator Clinton,
We all listened in rather shocked amazement and then stunned bewilderment to your speech this evening. We heard you as you touted the accomplishments of your campaign, and wondered if you were summing up, ticking off the milestones and the victories, or, as it became increasingly clear, repeating not only the words, but more importantly, the context of what had become your standard stump speech. But then it became clear, as you acknowledged Sen. Obama and his supporters only for the "extraordinary race that they have run," and thanked him, as though you were viewing him through the rear-view mirror of your campaign bus as it travels onto the general election, for all he--and we--accomplished.
Never once did you even acknowledge just what it was that he accomplished; and that's rather odd, because it is the same thing you were striving for: a sufficient number of delegates to win our party's nomination: 2117.
And so, what was at first amazing--that you could not even be gracious enough to utter the word delegate--became an issue of jaw-dropping, confounding disgrace, when you said, "This has been a long campaign, and I will be making no decisions tonight."
You need not decide anything; we have already decided.
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