From CNN:

Sen. Hillary Clinton said Tuesday night she would make no immediate decision on her next steps after winning the South Dakota primary but watching rival Sen. Barack Obama pick up enough delegates to win the Democratic presidential nomination.

Clinton congratulated “Obama and his supporters on the extraordinary race they have run.”

“Our party and our democracy are stronger and more vibrant as a result,” she said.

But she stopped short of conceding the race to Obama. Instead, her speech Tuesday night sounded more like the one she had made for several weeks, touting the number of votes that she had won, and how she had won in battleground states that Democrats would have to win to have a chance against Republicans.

“Even when the pundits and naysayers proclaimed week after week that this campaign was over, you kept on voting,” she said, adding that she won most of the swing states that would be needed to push a Democratic ticket to the 270 electoral votes to win the presidential election.

Ok Clinton supporters, what does she want?  The nominee has been chosen the way that the system is set up.  She got 17+ million votes, so did Obama.  Is it really about the election or the person?  Is it really about a unified Dem Party?  Sorry, but does not sound like it to me.  It sounds more like arrogance than concern for the unity of the party.  The plan seems to be to keep the divisions within the party open and on-going.  What can that really accomplish?  If their positions are so similar, why would anyone want to vote Repub in the Fall?

I am not knocking Clinton I am just wanting to understand the thought process here.  The whole idea of voting for a Repub because one’s candidate lost the nomination seems a bit childish to me.  I look forward to hearing some comments on this situation.