I watched the returns from West Virginia last night, flipping through the various news channels with reckless abandon. The punditry pretended to be shocked at her margin of victory and gabbed to fill the time while they waited with baited breath for her "Victory" speech.
A little after 9:00 came Hillary's Big Moment. With difficulty and amusement I listened to the drivel pouring from Hillary's lips. Predictably, she (yet again)changed the rules to fit her mantra (let's keep going):
"So, this race isn't over yet. Neither of us has the total delegates it takes to win and both Senator Obama and I believe that the delegates from Florida and Michigan should be seated. I believe we should honor the votes cast by 2.3 million people in those states and seat all of their delegates. Under the rules of our party, when you include all 50 states, the number of delegates needed to win is 2,209, and neither of us has reached that threshold yet. This win in West Virginia will help me move even closer."
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