On Saturday, the act begins: The act in which Hillary Clinton tries to rise to the occasion and bury all the hurts and indignities of the past 18 months and, like Lyndon Johnson (whom she famously referenced), admit her defeat to someone younger and (seemingly) less experienced who captured the zeitgeist in a way she was unable to.

That will be the external Hillary. Here will be the internal Hillary:

Here she is captured in this photo in a way we’ve seen innumerable times since January when her fate first became apparent. And no matter what you see on Saturday and beyond — a sunny buoyancy and an arm draped around her victorious foe — remember that, inside, this is the true look.

And you know what? I understand. We all should. She’s human. She’s ambitious. She believes she was right, and secretly hopes that he loses in November so that history will vindicate her. Even though I think she’s wrong, and has been wrong, and will be wrong, who among us can’t understand the terrible depths of her anger and humiliation?

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