How they voted
This flash animation is fascinating. It depicts the degree to which voters in different states and across varying demographic lines favored Obama or Clinton for the Democratic nomination.
In other news: Fuck Hillary. Obama clinched the nomination on Tuesday and she still refused to concede? I heard pundits on NPR who very correctly completely dismissed the notion that she would complement Obama’s “Dream Ticket” and basically said that his challenge now is to figure out how to get her out of the picture without completely alienating her supporters because it would show a clear lack of discretion (or weakness of leadership) to ask her to be his running mate. To me, the most mystifying aspect of the race for the Democratic nomination has been the inability of the Clinton supporters to recognize (or perhaps the incapacity to care) how negative and divisive her campaign was, up until the end.
Rolando said,
June 5, 2008 @ 10:09 am
I was so tempted to do a post where I embeded John McCain’s speech next to Obama’s speech and try to do some “Rockstar vs. Crazy Old Man on Street Corner” corollary. But then I got lazy and started watching My So-Called Life dvds.
I think Obama’s unbelievable speech will force Team Hillary to do the right/smart/prudent/wise/adult/rational/not fucking stupid thing and not only concede, but pay all her supporters to vote for Obama in Nov.
UNLESS…she wants to tank Obama’s chances and give it another run in 4 years after a term of McCain Hell, rather than wait 8 for Obama to be done. I wouldn’t put it past them…