Reply #136: Actually, I feel sorry for her. [View All]

[Missouri Blue]

She, Bill and her campaign were supposed to be shoe-ins for the nomination. I mean, she positioned herself that way and spent years putting her campaign in place, she had dedicated people to run it, she voted in all the safe, calculated ways.

She was the sure thing. Mostly, what happened to her was that the Democratic Party changed. It had an influx of new people and new money, from previously "silent" progressives, who previously saw politics as wearisome and corrupting, but were then activated by disgust with and fear from Dubya, and who are repulsed by any resemblance politicians might have to him.

Another thing that changed is the growing political effect of the internet, that has made politics far less boring, and has also allowed politicians to bypass special interest and appeal actively and directly to ordinary people for funds.

But the most unexpected thing has been Obama, who as an experienced community organizer, was able to put this all together into a powerful campaign-- probably the best campaign this country has seen for a century.

I could forgive the Clintons for being slow to grasp all of it, because right now, they don't know what hit them. They are on the mat at the 10 count dreaming that they are up and still fighting.