Hillary and Rocky Balboa

Hillary Clinton asserts that, like boxer Rocky Balboa, she wasn't a quitter. She points out that if ''Rocky Balboa had gotten halfway up those [Philadelphia] art museum steps and said, 'Well, I guess that's about far enough.' Let me tell you something, when it comes to finishing a fight, Rocky and I have a lot in common. I never quit. I never give up. And neither do the American people." But Barack Obama's counter could not be more effective: Rocky was a movie character.

I know there’s been some talk about Rocky Balboa over the last couple of days. And you know, we all love Rocky. We all love Rocky. And last time I checked, I was the underdog in this state. So, so, the uh, so, so you know, I like the Rocky story. But we got to remember that Rocky was a movie. And so is the idea that somebody can fight for working people and at the same time embrace the broken system in Washington, where corporate lobbyists use their clout to shape laws to their liking.