Wait...is she serious?

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It's kind of like how they still call Bill "the President" and John Edwards is still a "senator". What they really mean is former but political people sometimes drop it.

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It's kind of like how they still call Bill "the President" and John Edwards is still a "senator". What they really mean is former but political people sometimes drop it.

The examples you gave were of honorable titles. "My opponent" doesn't fit.

Sure it does. He was her opponent in the primary. You failed to provide any context, btw, but in any conversation about the primary they would be referred to as opponents.

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J.J. and Keystone, what exactly, if anything, do you think will happen?

I want it on record so we can evaluate the record in a month or so.

Or is this some amorphous thing that can be neither proved nor disproved?

[Beet]

J.J. and Keystone, what exactly, if anything, do you think will happen?

I want it on record so we can evaluate the record in a month or so.

Or is this some amorphous thing that can be neither proved nor disproved?

Two things she could do.

1.  Royally screw up the schedule, forcing some of the things outside of prime time (shades of 1972).

This will not happen.

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A sizeable minority will not vote for her for Vice President.

She received about 1800 delegates for President. Those delegates may be voting for her, but they will all be cheering for Obama. The correct story would be "Hillary's delegates for vote Hillary." No less, no more.