She "wins" by being a victim. Not the WH, but a fractured party with what she values most. Loyalty over competence. She wins because she proves that she can take the party down with her.

This is why everyone is walking on eggshells, IMO.

If she can portray herself as a martyr, and have all of her supporters clamoring for the poor little girl -- she has won this in her mind.

She can't go out with a whimper and she can't pull off a Dodd/Richardson/Edwards and back our presumptive nominee. It isn't in her DNA. In order to feel self-validated and "save face", she HAS to force the party to force her hand.

It is the only way that the EGO can be satisfied and salve its wounds from the humiliation. To have pot and pan banging mini-'mobs' validating her self-worth and to hell with the party and the future of the country.

Just typing this, I think I threw up a little in my mouth.

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