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"I know what it's like to stumble," says she.

By Mark Kilmer Posted in 2008 | Democrats | Tubthumping — Comments (21) / Email this page » / Leave a comment »

They're on there way to Denver, and Hillary informs is that she's Gonna Fly now.

From the Associated Press, in Philadelphia, PA:

Recalling a famous scene on the steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art from the 1976 Oscar-winning film "Rocky," Clinton said that ending her presidential campaign now would be as if "Rocky Balboa had gotten halfway up those art museum steps and said, 'Well, I guess that's about far enough.'"

"Let me tell you something, when it comes to finishing a fight, Rocky and I have a lot in common. I never quit. I never give up. And neither do the American people," Clinton said in excerpts of prepared remarks to be given Tuesday to a meeting of the Pennsylvania AFL-CIO.

It's a movie, Hillary. If Rocky had quit running up those stairs, the audience would have muttered and tossed JuJuBes at the screen. If you were to withdraw now…

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If Hillary were to suddenly decide to quit, Obama would have time to heal the rift with the dedicated Clinton voters. He could convince these Democrats that, hey, he's the future. He's the party, and he's going to take back the White House for the people who work hard to be represented. He'll let them know that together, the can change the dynamic in this nation, proving once and for all that we are a nation of hopes, of dreams, of unity.

If she does not withdraw, the party's wounds will be kept open, with acid added, and the nation will elect a maverick war hero with a conservative bent.

"But one thing you know about me is that when I say I'll fight for you, I'll fight for you," the New York senator said. "I know what it's like to stumble. I know what it means to get knocked down. But I've never stayed down, and I never will."

Cue Chumba Wumba. (The song, like the candidate, is pure 1997.)

For Barry's part (from the same AP piece):

Obama refused on Saturday to go along with other Democrats who are calling for Clinton to drop out of the race.

"My attitude is Senator Clinton can run as long as she wants," he said.

Karl Rove told Sean Hannity last (Monday) night:

[I]t does the Democratic Party no good to look like they're pushing her out of the race. The smart person in this is Senator Obama who has tried to strike a note of graciousness that it's up to her to make the decision, that she has ever right to run. Now his language portrays a little bit of exasperation. You'll notice he said my attitude is that Senator Clinton can run as long as she wants to. Her name is the ballot. My attitude and her name is on the ballot, a little dismissive.

But the point that he was trying to make is that it's up to her and she has a right to do it, is correct. Nothing is going to change between now and April 22. There's going to be a vote in Pennsylvania on April 22nd and all of these calls for her to get out are going to fall on deaf ears.

They're going to Denver. The only thing which would make this more mirthful, methinks, is if Hillary were to try to run up all 99 steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art every day until the 22nd. And BTW, Hillary: Rocky ran up only 72 of the 99. That's a little more than half, and don't tell us that you directed that movie and had to dodge sniper fire while climbing Mount Everest to Yankee Stadium to do it.