The Democrats, housed in Obama's re-election headquarters in Chicago, are happily watching the fractured Republican race.
And a body politic fractured by race and inequality caught glimpses, perhaps as fleeting as the games themselves, of what it would mean to overcome those barriers.
Fractures raced down to the base of his skull and around the sides of his head.
But the storm simply made plain the dividing lines in a city long fractured by class, race, ethnicity, geography and culture.
In a highly fractured and divisive race dominated by the issues of immigration and integration, voter turnout was much more robust than previous elections, with exit polling showing turnout sky-rocket to a 31-year high of 82percentt, up 17 percentage points from 2012.
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Eight Belles was not a celebrated horse before the race, she fractured her front ankles going into the first turn after the finish line, her injury did not affect the race, she was not followed by NBC with an isolated camera, and she was shielded from cameras with relative speed by two ambulances.
When he fell during that race, he fractured his pelvis, broke several ribs and bruised his back.
His success has also unmasked a Disunited States wracked by fear and anger and fractured by class, culture, race and educational attainment.
Perhaps it is time for her to swallow her pride and take the second spot.The "dream ticket" would reunite a party that has fractured along lines of race and class.
