I have this incredibly goofy smile on my face right now. What caused it? Reading this account of Terry McAuliffe at Hillary's staff party:
Looking relaxed, McAuliffe stopped by to speak briefly with reporters, saying the entire campaign staff is looking to "take some time, relax, and do everything we can to help Barack Obama."
"It was a great campaign, 17 months... Talk about her breaking the glass ceiling, and I think she shattered it. She got in, she got more than 18 million votes, she won a lot of important states. I think I speak for all the staff here, they’re very proud. It was an exciting campaign. It was very close, but now we do everything we can to help Barack Obama become the next president, because it’s about the issues."
McAuliffe said Clinton's mood is "great." Asked if she'd soon do a campaign swing for Obama, he said she would "do anything."
"She has made that clear, she will do anything she can to help Barack Obama," he said. "If he wants her to travel every day she’ll do that."
He would not give much insight into what she'd say tomorrow, saying only that it would get people "pumped up" and build the momentum for the final five months.
If this is true and Hillary really goes all out for Obama, I will forgive EVERYTHING.
Hillary's campaigning was toxic and destructive and dishonorable. She has done so much to damage Barack Obama and hardened her supporters against him, and generally joined the Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy. And she has pissed me off a thousand different ways.
But if she truly supports him, and campaigns hard for him, and does her part to heal the party, then I will forgive EVERYTHING. I forgive RFK and the Commander-in-Chief test. I forgive Bill for Jesse Jackson in 84 and 88. I forgive hard-working white voters, I forgive name-dropping Farrakhan at the ABC debate. I forgive As Far as I Know. I forgive Shame on You. I forgive Would not have been my pastor. I forgive the Bitter Pennsylvanians ad.
Because that would confirm that the BEST side of Hillary exists. That she cares more about Universal Health Care and ending the war, and preserving Roe V. Wade, than she cares about running in 2012, or being able to say "I told you so" or preserving her own ego.
I am beyond eager for this civil war to end. Once we integrate Hillary's supporters back into the fold, it is truly IMPOSSIBLE for us to lose in November.
And Hillary's folks may not be very good at fundraising or organizing or strategizing. But they are MASTERFUL at spinning, something our side severely lacks. I don't want to see Terry Mcauliffe shilling for Obama on TV any time soon, but it's nice to know he's willing to do it if asked.
Link:
http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/...