Where will it all end? [View All]

OK, it's been about twelve hours since I first got wind of Hillary's remarks yesterday. I began with disbelief, hope that she had been misinterpreted or misquoted. That stage was pretty short-lived... I personally have little doubt of her motivation. She has been saying for months now that basically her best hope for securing the nomination is some huge and terrible "something" happening to Obama or his campaign. Surely I am not the only one who has had the specter of his assassination looming just behind consciousness in my mind?

Her remarks have brought that fear and dread slamming up to the forefront of my thoughts. Robert Kennedy was the first political figure who grasped my personal attention. I was 11yo and he had my heart from the time I saw footage of him visiting the children of Appalachia. Last night I watched the film of the RFK's funeral train last night, listened to Teddy's speech and searched for a certain picture that has been seared into my memory banks for the last 40 years. I found it and it was just as horrible as I had always seen it in my memories.... Bobby lying on the floor of that hotel kitchen, his arm outstretched, fist clenched, those beautiful eyes staring. I learned something that I had never known before... Did you know that Bobby's last words, spoken as he lay dying were, "Is everyone alright?" At that I needed to step away, because all of this remembering is just too painful.

And so today I wonder where will this all end. In the immediate sense, what will this do to Hillary's campaign? And what will this do to her political future and legacy? I freely admit my complete lack of objectivity in figuring all this out. I have been generally appalled by her behavior in this primary, any respect and affection I had previously felt towards her has long since dissipated. I feel emotionally raw from my revisitation of RFK's death. I know that many here at DU share my feeling that she has long since crossed over the line of decent or professional discourse. But I also realize that DU is not the "real world" and that many "out there" do not share my personal feelings about Hillary or about RFK. And so I don't trust my own judgment in all of this.

So here's a question for those of you who are able to be more objective... or perhaps are just more politically "in the know" than I... What, if anything will come of this? How will all of this play out?