In his column today, Joe Klein spins out a preposterously unlikely scenario whereby the Democratic superdelegates get together and conspire to pass over both Obama and Clinton and instead hand the nomination to … Al Gore.

Two or three paragraphs in I thinking, oh, Joe, pish-tosh. Then:

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Pish-tosh, you say, and you’re probably right.

OK then.

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