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Not the Party She Planned

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As expected, the meat of Clinton's speech was her endorsement of Obama, who sealed up the nomination on Tuesday night after he earned the majority of the party's delegates. After such a long and divisive series of primary elections, Clinton's support of the Illinois senator was considered to be the first—and most important—step for the party to rally together to face the presumptive Republican nominee John McCain in November. "We may have started on separate journeys—but today, our paths have merged," Clinton said, referencing her former disagreements with Obama. "And we are all heading toward the same destination, united and more ready than ever to win."

But to some supporters, it wasn't enough. "It doesn't matter what she says here," said Lee Richmond, who had voted for Hillary and drove from Baltimore to hear the speech. "Voting for president is a big deal. "I still want to hear what he says. He hasn't said very much yet." Another supporter said she was reluctant to consider Obama and wasn't yet convinced that Clinton truly meant her endorsement of the Illinois senator. "She just ran against this guy for over a year, supporting him now is something that she has to say."

That's exactly it, said Larry Sabato, a political science professor at the University of Virginia. "It has to be a full-throated endorsement because she has no choice; she still has ambitions," he said. Many who came to see Clinton speak said that the vice presidency would be nice, with one supporter saying he didn't want to "jinx her chances" by talking about it. Clinton told lawmakers early in the week that she was "open" to the idea before meeting privately with Obama on Thursday evening. Campaign spokesman Elleithee said his candidate is not interfering in the selection process and there have been no official discussions. Supporters also buzzed about Clinton being nominated as a Supreme Court justice should Obama win this fall, and, of course, another presidential bid in 2012.

For now, Clinton's speech expressed few reservations about an Obama presidency. Her speech made generous references to Obama as "the next president" and at one point, she began listing what she said were the country's biggest problems (health care, high energy prices, the war in Iraq) following each bullet point with a shout "and that's why we need to help elect Barack Obama president!" The gesture of throwing her movement's support behind Obama was more than history has required of political second-place finishers. In 1976, Ronald Reagan did the bare minimum in his half-hearted endorsement of Gerald Ford, and did very little when asked to campaign for him. And, says Sabato, "look what happened to him."

Clinton clearly was looking to her political future. But this one day in Washington was clearly an odd experience for the Clinton family, which hasn't had to make a formal political concession since 1980 when Bill lost his re-election bid as governor of Arkansas. Of course, surrendering quietly is also not very Clinton-like. Bill did fight back and the voters returned him to office two years later.

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