In Spite of Her

Aside from, perhaps, the Clintons themselves, I don’t know anyone who thinks that either Hillary or Bill have even remotely gone out of their way to campaign for Barack Obama. Sure, they’ve done some perfunctory stuff here and there, but they certainly haven’t bent over backwards to get the Democratic nominee elected. They’re the O.J. Simpson of stumpers — they say they’re going to leave no stone unturned in the pursuit of their goal and then promptly forget all about it when the cameras turn away.

Which got me thinking — after all that talk following the primaries that Obama was doomed without Hillary’s help, that to win Obama must woo Hillary’s massive army, is it just me or did he do it in spite her best efforts at flaccid support? Did he do it all by himself, without her help, while we, like the cameras, weren’t even paying attention? I wonder…