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Why Don't People Believe That Obama And Hillary Are Getting Along?

15 Aug 2008 12:09 pm

They're not the best of friends, they're wary of each other, but they're on the same page... and yet...columns like these proliferate:

Obama blinked and stands guilty of appeasing Clinton by agreeing to a roll call vote for her nomination. That he might not have had much choice if he wanted peace only proves the point that he's playing defense at his own convention.

Nope. The evidence is that no one "blinked," and if you're still looking for a blinker, Clinton blinked and agreed to what Obama had first proposed in June.

A side note:  Clinton will campaign for Obama in New Mexico on Sunday. 

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