Getting ready for the inevitable?
That’s what some political analysts said about Hillary Clinton after watching the debate last night with Barack Obama.
The word “valedictory” started bubbling up all over the press.
After losing 11 straight contests to Obama in a race now clearly breaking his way, the former first lady chose the high road and even delivered what sounded to many like the dress rehearsal for a campaign valedictory address.
Her remarks were “almost a quasi-concession speech,” said Texas state Rep. Rafael Anchia, who backs Obama.
Clinton doubtless didn’t intend her words to be taken that way.
In a round of television appearances Friday morning, Clinton said her remarks were intended as “a recognition that both of us are on the brink of historic change.
At the end of the debate, CNN’s John King talked about the atmosphere there being so filled with admiration for both candidates, you could tell what the crowd would love to see most would be the two of them on the same ticket.
Mr. King seemed to favor the idea, too, but he didn’t say in which order.
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I must say that the concept of Sen. Clinton’s “valedictory” is not at all in keeping with her character. In my view it has more the attribute of the “Rumble in the Jungle” , where Ali fought Foreman and employed the legendary “Rope-a Dope” technique.
Senator and former President Clinton will never, for one instant, relinquish the quest until the voters end the race with a substantial vote. They might lull and placate but they will never, ever quit.
I would rather have Woody Woodpecker president than Sen. Clinton but one has to realize that she and President Clinton are driven beyond anything the normal mortal ever experiences.