I used to work sometimes in DC, and had close contact with many high up government types. Would attend a few parties...
By this time in that election cycle, I KNEW Obama would be the nominee, and I was pretty sure he was going to be President. The talk and Buzz was all about him, even from more "conservative" types.
I remember warning people here, whose hatred for Hillary made them prefer the relatively unknown Obama over her. They though surely Whatshisname would be easy to defeat. I had heard and seen otherwise. Watching this debacle slowly unwind was nauseating.
I remember March 2008 like a punch in the stomach. It was sickening watching the whole “election” unravel from that point. I knew something was up and it wasn’t normal.