Prometheus 6

I don't think Bob Kerrey, of secular madrassa fame, took Mrs. Clinton as seriously as he should have, though. He kept talking about his run for President and Bill's run for President, and how neither of them could have taken Obama either. Based on that, Mr. Kerrey decided Hillary's only hope was for Obama not to be there at all.  Friends like these...

Mr. Shaheen has not been heard from.

Only one of the several mini-pieces took the long view on her campaign.

Mrs. Clinton’s loss of African-American sympathies was the only major departure from her husband’s old coalition. Soccer moms, working-class whites, and “New Democrat” centrists all backed Mrs. Clinton with even more intensity than they had her husband.

Mr. Obama’s narrow victory came from a powerful combination of two constituencies. The first was white, highly educated, reform-minded Democratic elites. It’s easy to forget how skeptical this bloc historically has been toward the Clintons, whom they view as slick and scandal-stained opportunists. They rooted for the improbable Paul Tsongas in 1992, and for Bill Bradley over Al Gore in 2000.

The second was African-Americans. Bill Clinton overcame political adversity in 1992 and throughout his presidency in large measure because of support from African-Americans, but this time they went for Mr. Obama.

And four of the thirteen were written by Republicans, plus Anna Marie Cox (who, sadly, will be Maureen Dowd when she grows up).