Five Stages of Grief for the Winning Side, Too

[NYCGirl]

Another great article from Al Giordano of The Field

http://ruralvotes.com/thefield/?p=1176

1. Denial: “But Senator Clinton hasn’t conceded yet! She doesn’t admit that she’s lost! She keeps moving the goal posts, continues playing the race card, it therefore must not really be over for her. We need her permission to move on!“

2. Anger: “If the rest of you don’t lash out at what’s upsetting me in exactly the way I am, you’re as bad as she is!”

3. Bargaining: “This means that Obama has to put Clinton on the ticket (like Andrew Sullivan says, ‘hello again to all that!’). Oh, wait, scratch that: he has to put a Clinton supporter on the ticket. Or maybe he has to put a different woman on the ticket… or how about…”

4. Depression: “Where’d everybody go? God, I miss the adrenaline of when this was a real contest!”

5. Acceptance: “Oh, goodie: More adrenaline to come! A general election campaign! Of course Obama will choose his running mate according to his standards. I bet it’ll be as smart a move as those that got him here!”

[Bucky]

1. "We need her permission to move on" --- wow, that's good.

Seriously penetrating insight there.

The depression has yet to sink in. I think part of the anger category right now includes those gloating on her demise.

[NYCGirl]

2. I was thinking about #4 earlier. It's going to get a lot less rancorous around

here pretty soon.