Half-Hearted Hillary

Some Hillary supporters are beginning to detect a lack of enthusiasm for the Obamessiah on her part:

BOCA RATON, Fla. — Minutes after pushing through the rope line to thank Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton for “all that you do,” Robin Shaffer said she was worried. She feared that the senator she respected and admired for being tough and experienced had not done all that she could to unify Florida’s fractured Democratic Party while campaigning here on Thursday for her former opponent.

“It was good that she said my supporters need to now support Barack Obama,” said Ms. Shaffer, 46, reflecting on Mrs. Clinton’s speech before about 700 people. But, she added, “I wanted her to repeat that one more time.”

Many who had supported Mrs. Clinton’s run for president shared Ms. Shaffer’s opinion. Democrats who said they had recently accepted that Mr. Obama, of Illinois, would be the Democratic presidential nominee greeted Mrs. Clinton’s 30-minute speech — her first rally in Florida on his behalf — with warmth but also demands for more.

Democrats here have been especially divided since Mrs. Clinton battled to have the state’s delegates awarded to her after Florida held its primary early, in violation of Democratic Party rules, and after the party said it would not seat its delegation at the convention.

The delegates’ voting rights, with half a vote each, were eventually restored, leaving Mrs. Clinton’s victory here intact. And while national polls show that her supporters have been moving toward Mr. Obama, many Clinton voters are still demanding a strong signal from her on whether to shift their allegiance.

Hey Hillary people, let me clear it up for you: She doesn't want Obama to win.

Shocking, you say? Not if you've been paying any attention to the Clintons for the last 18 years. It's all about them, always has been, always will be, and there's absolutely no benefit to Hillary if Obama wins. It would effectively shut her out of another presidential run until she's 68 years old and yesterday's news. She needs an Obama loss this year to set her up as the "I Told You So" candidate for 2012.

Of course she has a lack of enthusiasm. You're lucky she doesn't spit every time she mentions his name.

UPDATE: Perhaps this is why she's so half-hearted - according to Politico she wasn't even vetted for VP. She never met with Obama's VP searchers Eric Holder or Caroline Kennedy, and was never asked for a single piece of paper. It's a total slap at Hillary.