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<\/a><\/center><\/p>\nW<\/b>e still don’t suspect the schism *in the base* to end any time soon — one speech a rift does not close<\/a>. His acolytes’ delirium over HRC’s presence (marked by Olbermann’s tent twitching beneath the table) is a rapture shared by those whose pupils are already dilated. Watching Maddow and Olbermann salivate over it all (despite the awkward and terribly unlikely visual) did hold a certain macabre fascination. Until one considers the long term implications of 2 straight hours of *that kool aid* every night. <\/p>\n We had this set piece below all lined up earlier in the day — an Evita-esque lament, albeit not from a balcony; now the set must be dismantled and dispatched to storage beneath the stage, like unused scenery for a cancelled opera at the Met. <\/p>\n Still, Bill Krystal et al. have months to remind us yet again how shabbily she has been treated . . . there is still time. <\/p>\n What interests us most is how Obama-ism (whatever that is) can survive the dismount to concretization into a predictable and specific party platform. Successful (non-American until 2004) electoral mass movements went all the way relying on abstract invocation of emotional intoxification. The intention is obvious — the candidate becomes the projection of all things to all people. <\/p>\n In those cases, it was not inexperience but a calculated device to keep a party platform formless. 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\nThis isn’t where we intended to be
\nWe had it all, you believed in me
\nI believed in you<\/p>\n
\nWhat do we do for our dream to survive?
\nHow do we keep all our passions alive,
\nAs we used to do?<\/center><\/p>\n
\nThings that I’m longing to say
\nScared to confess what I’m feeling
\nFrightened you’ll slip away<\/p>\n
\nYou must love me<\/p>\n
\nHow can I be any use to you now?
\nGive me a chance and I’ll let you see how
\nNothing has changed<\/p>\n
\n[chorus]<\/p>\n