Here's the headline:
SAN ANTONIO - U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar defeated former congressman Ciro Rodriguez early Wednesday in the Democratic primary in House District 28, riding phenomenal strength in his home county to avoid an April runoff election.
As I sit here reading that one bitter sentence, I'm letting it sink in. Not just thinking about what it says, but REALLY letting it get down into the marrow in my bones. . .letting it go to the deepest part of who I am. After a minute or two, I sigh like my little girl does when she's really tired. . .you know. . .the kind of sigh where when you draw the breath in you draw it in rapidly and in spurts, only to release it in a steady stream of air that finds your shoulders collapsing along with your chest.
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