Hillary ran a competitive race based on certain assumptions. That Obama proved to be the more transformative candidate, was compounded by the general Hillary Corp. belief that it was "her" turn, and that all others would give the proverbial college try, but fall to the wayside come Super Tuesday was a fatal flaw.

The crys of sexism and racism from all corners is personally amusing as this is not new news. There were very clear schisms in what I define as "old school/new school" racial politics. Bill Clinton was a master at old school civil rights/great society black politics. While Obama comes out of the Chicago machine environment, he was masterful in his use the combination of illusion and reality. His age separates him from the old line activites, that if not scare, then bore to death the average White american. Bill Clinton ran into the hard wall of racial pride and fear while campaigning for Hillary. The Black community in the US has lost via assassination every political leader it cared about in the past 50 years. Many older Blacks were fearful tht this dynamic young family man who's ambition we were all proud of would be killed...so many initially refused to be part of what they feared to be a tragic end.

Rightly or wrongly, Bill Clinton's umbrage at this young man's audacity to challenge was recieved thru a prism of racial and generational slights. The delicate line toed...this is a "fairy tale...give me a break", and "Jesse Jackson won the state in '84"...all said and received with hyper-sensitivity to nuance and tone.

The reality is that there are some who shall never vote for a Black of any hue, or a woman regardless of qualification. The reality is also that we have come a long way, to the point where a woman can run, and win 18 million votes, and a Black can run, garner the nomination and not get shot at. That is huge. Yes, the US has it's issues, but we can have a revolution every 4 years and have an impact. The upside and downside of that system is that some will lose...even when we know in our hearts they should have won. But the bottom line is that you have to win.

I think that Hillary will end up being the next nominee to the Supreme Court. Her impact will be truly transformative, transcending anything that she could do as VP in an 8yr term.

The hard political reality is that even if she had won the nomination, and went on to win the general election, Bill in his largeness would be difficult to keep int he proverbial policy porch. Obama is going to have a hard enough challenge steering his own ship, but also living with the "what would Bill do" mantra that is sure to echo thru the media and blogs...enough already.