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In a campaign speech in South Dakota, Hillary Clinton said that she is "racing against the wind here [in South Dakota]" because Barack Obama has "a lot of the institutional support, a lot of the political establishment" in the state. Is this is the same Hillary Clinton who had nearly 200 superdelegates before even one primary or caucus had taken place and, even her rival will acknowledge, had greater institutional advantages than any candidate in the history of the Democratic Party who was not a sitting president or vice-president (George Bush had similar advantages when running for the Republican nomination in 2000)? When one has fallen on hard times, is it so easy forget what it was like when things were good? That Ms. Clinton should paint herself as the underdog, the little guy, and Barack Obama as the establishment nominee is hilarious.

In the same speech, Clinton called for reform of the nominating system. And on this she is quite right; reform is indeed necessary. I quite like the system that Clinton proposed: hold primaries in every state, abolish the delegate system, and award the nomination to the winner of the popular vote. Such a system would promote fairness and party unity. It would also have handed the nomination clearly to Barack Obama.