Let's imagine that Clinton had eked out the nomination -- she'd won Indiana and North Carolina, say, and had therefore earned the backing of the superdelegates.
How different would all this be? It's an interesting question. I suspect that generations of hard experience has taught black people to get in line and accept their lot, so I suspect that there would probably be less dissension. But there would still be enough. I'd also bet Obama would have given a better endorsement speech had he been in that position than Hillary did last night.
On the other hand, lots of Obama backers were/are awfully passionate. And all weren't black of course, by a longshot. Just as Obama's having problem with the 50-plus crowd, a fair number of the 30-minuses would've peeled off and lost interest if Clinton had been the nominee. We were probably destined for a somewhat divided convention no matter which way it had turned out.
