Tuesday, February 12, 2008

The Education of a Pundit

The question now is how much more racial friction the Clinton campaign will gin up if its Hispanic support starts to erode in Texas, whose March 4 vote it sees as its latest firewall. Clearly it will stop at little. That’s why you now hear Clinton operatives talk ever more brazenly about trying to reverse party rulings so that they can hijack 366 ghost delegates from Florida and the other rogue primary, Michigan, where Mr. Obama wasn’t even on the ballot. So much for Mrs. Clinton’s assurance on New Hampshire Public Radio last fall that it didn’t matter if she alone kept her name on the Michigan ballot because the vote “is not going to count for anything.”

In case you're wondering, that's Frank Rich in the New York Times, gobsmacked at discovering the Clintons are opportunists, race mongers and liars. We feel your pain, Frank, but be of good cheer: Hillary may indeed steal the nomination but come fall, when she and Bill start going to work on John McCain, you'll find yourself asking, "Why on earth was I so upset?"

(h/t Tim Blair)

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