[beagleone]

You've got to understand, deep down she realizes this is her only time to gloat, see, if she truly believed it will happen, she would have the confidence to put off her gratification until after election day.

Ms. Mapes is living in a fantasy world.

[Pan_Yan]

deep down she realizes this is her only time to gloat

Just like most Obama supporters, she has no prospect for individual success, so she sees a collectivist win as very personal. It is sad that someone who at one time achieved a prominent, well paid position in the greatest country on earth can only find happiness in it's denigration.