And when they win, their victories don't rate the front page. Clintonia gets no credit.
Forget Martha's Vineyard. Don't even dream about Davos. These days, they are big in West Virginia.
Meanwhile, their rivals have become more brazen. There are more Obama signs on Berkeley lawns in May than there were before Super Tuesday, when Clinton won California. On the UC Berkeley campus, Hillary Rodham Clinton boosters have become defensive. Surly even. On cable networks, the talking heads are gleeful about their demise.
And there's nothing they can do to turn the ship around. The patina of inevitability has faded. The people who support them don't count. When they bring up Florida and Michigan, and invoke the old tried-and-true mantra, "Let every vote count," they are met with a shrug. When the old standby slogans don't work, what can you do?
Party insiders scowl that their competition is merely flash and charisma. They now have come to respect stamina. For some, the old defiance has ripened into stubbornness.
Poor, poor Clinton Democrats. Now they know how it feels to be Republicans.
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