At an avail with members of the press after her speech at the Pennsylvania AFL-CIO Convention this morning, New York Sen. Hillary Clinton entered looking somber.
“This has been a very hard fought race,” she said. “We need to do something so that our party and our people can make the right decision.”
She almost looked like she was going to cry. Is Hillary dropping out of the race, I wondered?
She then said she had a solution to the problem: “today I am challenging Senator Obama to a bowl-off. A bowling night right here in Pennsylvania. Winner take all. I’ll even spot him two frames.”
Clinton said that a bowl-off would give the Obama campaign a chance to “get out of the gutter and allow the pins to be counted,” and said she was prepared to play this game “all the way to the tenth frame.”
“When this game is over, the American people will know when that phone rings at 3 a.m. they’ll have a President who’s ready to bowl on day one.”
These comments were followed by laughs from the press. Finally, Clinton smiled. “We don’t have a moment to spare, because it’s already April Fool’s Day … so Happy April Fool’s Day, everyone.”
For a video clip of Hillary’s prank, check out Ben Smith’s blog on Politico:
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