In the current Atlantic Monthly, Joshua Green paints an astonishing picture of the Clinton campaign’s self-destructive tendencies. The whole thing was, in the words of one of the confidential e-mails he has got hold of, “a circular firing squad”. Today’s NYT suggests that some of those involved are still firing. Clinton’s chances of becoming Obama’s running-mate are now nearly nil. And why?
In interviews on Monday, Clinton aides said they thought Mr. Obama did not like Mrs. Clinton. Clinton aides also said they thought Mr. Obama thinks Mrs. Clinton does not like him. And, like him or not, she is skeptical that he can win, her aides continue to say. Bottom line, chemistry might be a problem here.
Please shut up. Still, the story comes with my political picture of the year:
