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Graceful in Victory, Magnanimous in defeat

by WashStateBlue, Tue Apr 22, 2008 at 04:53:47 PM EST

Scant hours away, and Senator Clinton will more then likely notch her most critical victory in the entire campaign.

What will be interesting to me is less her margin of victory (my take is between 12-14 pts) as what the tenor of the reaction is here?

more....

Sure, I suspect the requisite "It's Over, Obama is Finished" diaries, and their mirror image "Pyrrhic Victory-too Little too Late" from the Obama side?

Because, to my eyes, unless Senator Clinton wins by over 20+ or Senator Obama keeps her under 5, I'm not sure how much changes for all of us backing our respective candidates tomorrow?

It WILL make the next two weeks between now and NC and Indiana very interesting, but with no knockout punch coming from either side (suspect a few here to disagree) we are much in the same boat, a family at war, while our REAL enemy awaits us over the hill.

So, as an Obama supporter, let me be the first to congratulate the Senator Clinton supporters and the Senator for her coming victory in the Penn Primary.

Enjoy your victory and Congrats Senator Clinton!

And, to ask the Obama supporters to be magnanimous in defeat, as I am sure our candidate will be.

Tags: Clinton, Obama, Penn (all tags)

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Re: Graceful in Victory, Magnanimous in defeat (2.00 / 5)

Well said! Well said, indeed!

Considerably more courtesy and respect from all sides would be a great idea.

by BillCat on Tue Apr 22, 2008 at 05:00:00 PM EST

This is the beginning of the end (2.00 / 2)

Whatever happens, let's all accept

1. Dems have two exceptional and unique candidates for the Presidential Nomination this year (as we say in London, you wait hours for a bus, and then two arrive!)

2. Unity will be needed, but it's a two way street. Respect is needed on either side.

3. The only people to benefit from continued slurs, lies and personal attacks are the republicans

You should all celebrate the high turnout for the PA primary. This is a great sign for the Democratic Party

Have a lovely evening

by brit on Tue Apr 22, 2008 at 05:27:16 PM EST

Re: This is the beginning of the end (2.00 / 1)

You seem to be credible in this very unity oriented diary, so I thank you; even though some people might believe that premature congratulations are a way of minimizing the actual result, or a clever way of managing expectations.

Definition of a republican moderate---someone who want's only 50 years in Iraq.

by pollbuster on Tue Apr 22, 2008 at 05:39:04 PM EST
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Re: This is the beginning of the end (2.00 / 2)

Thanks, I believe there is plenty of ass-kicking to go on other threads, just a small wish for a little civility every now and then, seems to help.

"Well the danger on the rocks is surely past... Still I remain tied to the mast"...Don Fagen, Poet and Piano Player

by WashStateBlue on Tue Apr 22, 2008 at 05:46:53 PM EST
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Re: This is the beginning of the end (none / 0)

I'm looking forward to the day when we all could be working together again as a unified party.

Definition of a republican moderate---someone who want's only 50 years in Iraq.

by pollbuster on Tue Apr 22, 2008 at 07:25:48 PM EST
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Re: This is the beginning of the end (none / 0)

Tearing John "my wife is c*** and I voted against the MLK Holiday" McCain a new one will be all our jobs soon enough!

"Well the danger on the rocks is surely past... Still I remain tied to the mast"...Don Fagen, Poet and Piano Player

by WashStateBlue on Tue Apr 22, 2008 at 07:52:48 PM EST
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Re: This is the beginning of the end (none / 0)

Sounds like a plan. Nice chatting, looking forward to more.

Definition of a republican moderate---someone who want's only 50 years in Iraq.

by pollbuster on Wed Apr 23, 2008 at 09:45:51 AM EST
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Re: Graceful in Victory, Magnanimous in defeat (2.00 / 4)

Clinton will win tonight by a significant margin.

She will pick up a few delegates, but not enough to close the gap.

The Clinton camp will claim (rightly) that Hillary remains very much in the race and (wrongly) that Obama's loss means he can't win in November.

The Obama camp will claim (rightly) that a loss is a loss, that he did better than people expected, and that the delegate count remains virtually unchanged. They will also claim (wrongly) that Clinton should have won by a far greater margin than whatever she ends up with.

by jdusek on Tue Apr 22, 2008 at 05:33:58 PM EST

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