It's not over even when it's clearly over

With the primaries over, we now shift to two related problems: who should be Obama's vice-president and what to do about Hillary. In the words of John Nance "Cactus Jack" Garner, the position of vp is "not worth a pitcher of warm piss." Obama has named a three-person panel to find someone willing to drink from that pitcher. They probably won't be holding a barbecue to field the leading contenders. Former president Jimmy Carter told the The Guardian that a unity ticket "would be the worst mistake that could be made." Easy to say that when you're in London. Obama continues to work on uniting the Democrats even as Camp Clinton continues to work on dividing the Democrats. And just as their mistakes in the primary cost Hillary Clinton the nomination, people like Camp Clinton's Terry McAuliffle may yet help the Democrats snatch defeat from the jaws of a victory they had handed to them only months ago. Maybe Hillary is winning the general election today, but until the voters actually cast their ballots in November, it's not over, even though, for Camp Clinton, it really is right now.