Don’t Say Auf Wiedersehen, Just Go Away (a Clinton campaign wrap-up)

In the last week, Hillary Clinton cheated to pick up a few more delegates and then gave what sounded for all the world like a victory speech just moments after her opponent mathematically eliminated her. Her cringe-worthy focus on her strengths as a candidate at the very moment of her defeat was all the more remarkable because it coincided with a legitimately historic event in our country’s unhappy struggle with the phantom of “race,” and one might have hoped for more perspective from one who aspires to lead. Senator Clinton’s solipsistic performance tells us plenty about her, but more importantly, I think we now know three important things about the country as a whole.