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Thursday, June 05, 2008 12:40 PM
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Christopher Beam
Hillary Clinton has finally announced that she will drop out—but not till Saturday. Thus Clinton departs as she campaigned, dragging it out to the last possible moment. After more than two months of daily odds-making, we sink Clinton to her final resting place of 0 percent. So it goes.
The last 36 hours felt like something out of the DSM-IV.
Faced with defeat Tuesday night, Clinton gave a defiant speech with no
recognition that Obama had locked up the nomination. Fans encouraged her to fight on.
Late Tuesday, Clinton staffers were still spinning against the wind.
Hillaryland went from professional campaign operation to alternate
reality in which conventions are contested, skeletons emerge from
closets, and superdelegates experience group epiphanies based on vague
electability arguments.
But after Clinton held a conference call with top supporters Wednesday
afternoon, things wrapped up quickly. That evening, Clinton announced
she would "express her support for Barack Obama and party unity" this
weekend. John McCain called Obama to congratulate him. The spin machine rested. ...
Read more at the Hillary Deathwatch.
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