Hillary is far too precise a person to mention anything without a reason

[theboss]

I don't think she was advocating anything awful. I don't think she is hoping for anything awful.

But mentioning RFK is, I think, a subtle message to the super delegates that "There's a big risk inherent in nominating Obama."

I don't think she has had a non-scripted public moment since 1982 so I always question her "mistakes."

[LaurenG]

1. Freudian slip I think. nt

[wanpete]

2. she is calculating all of the time and it was not an unscripted comment. she does not say

unscripted comments.

[Medusa]

3. I've always known she was a cold-hearted, calculating

shrew but I had no idea she'd stoop this low.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

4. I think they talk about this behind closed doors, have a good laugh.

Then it slipped out in public today.

[GoesTo11]

5. If anyone else said this, the secret service would be visiting them

This is an unprecedented low in American politics.

This seals her fate as the worst Democratic candidate ever.

[Diane R]

6. You give her too much credit. This wasn't a random remark, it was planned & she's said it before.

She's planting the seeds. She's giving lunatics ideas. She's letting everyone know that she's ready (and more than willing) to happily step in 'in case something happens'. She thinks we're stupid, and she thinks we'll think she 'misspoke'.

She needs to pay for this. Superdelegates need to step in. She's too desperate, too crazy. It's time to end this.

[ecstatic]

7. She wants this presidency more than anything else in this world

She meant to say exactly what we're thinking.

[grassfed]

8. It was rehearsed - there are many other "June" examples - there is no defense

For those who contend that Clinton was referring to competitive contests or example, why didn't she bring up Ted Kennedy in 1980? Or Gary Hart in 1984? I think she was pointing to primary races where the eventual nominee was unknown at this point in the cycle.... But 1984 would apply more, her husband was the de-facto nominee at this point, and the compressed calender really renders such comparisons null and void.

She made an apology to the Kennedy family, not to Senator Obama. Since some seem unwilling to point out why this remark was more than unfortunate, it is worth remembering that we have the first black candidate for president. You only have to spend a few minutes talking with African-Americans about this campaign to discover that the fear that Obama could be assassinated is very much on their minds. It is in everyone's subconscious, especially Michelle Obama's. To refer to the June assassination of Bobby Kennedy in the context of reasons to stay in this interminable race against Barack Obama is therefore catastrophically inappropriate. Coming after her pitch for "white votes", it is reckless.

As for her argument that June primaries are nothing new, she is correct. But in no previous primary election did the voting start just after New Years' Day. The New Hampshire primary in 1968 was on March 12, two months later than this year. For June, therefore, read August. Yes, this season has gone on for ever. And for Senator Clinton, it has now obviously gone on too long.

She's been waiting for Obama to implode. Instead, she just has.

http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/