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The Psychodrama Abates

By The Daily Dish
May 16 2008, 10:45 AM ET

Isn't it awesome that we haven't had to think about the Clintons for a day or so? The relief. Meanwhile, 538 reports that Obama is poised to clinch the pledged delegate majority on Tuesday even if Michigan and Florida are seated. And for those still in detox from Clinton meth, here's a bunch of self-centered, self-critical, anonymous emails from Hillaryland. My favorite:

"There was not any plan in place from beginning to end on how to win the nomination. It was, 'Win Iowa.' There was not the experience level, and, frankly, the management ability, to create a whole plan to get to the magical delegate number. That to me is the number one thing. It's starting from that point that every subsequent decision resulted. The decision to spend x amount in Iowa versus be prepared for February 5 and beyond. Or how much money to spend in South Carolina--where it was highly unlikely we were going to win--versus the decision not to fund certain other states. ... It was not as simple as, 'Oh, that's a caucus state, we're not going to play there.' That suggests a more serious thought process. It suggests a meeting where we went through all that."

It really does sound like the Bush administration in Iraq. But this is the clincher: for the "experience" candidate,

There was not the experience level, and, frankly, the management ability, to create a whole plan.

She so deserved to lose.

 



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