Posted on 02/25/2008 2:24:09 AM PST by kingattax
Even before Sen. Barack Obama won his ninth straight contest against Sen. Hillary Clinton, in Wisconsin last Tuesday, wise old heads in the Democratic Party were asking this question: Who will tell her that it's over, that she cannot win the presidential nomination and that the sooner she leaves the race, the more it will improve the party's chances of defeating Sen. John McCain in November?
In an ideal though unattainable world, Clinton would have dropped out when it became clear even before Wisconsin that she could not be nominated. The nightmare scenario was that she would win in Wisconsin, claiming a "comeback" that would propel her to narrow victories in Texas and Ohio on March 4. That still would not have cut her a path to the nomination. But telling her then to end her candidacy and avoiding a bloody battle stretching to the party's national convention in Denver might not have been achievable.
The Democratic dilemma recalls the Republican problem, in a much different context, 34 years ago, when GOP graybeards asked: "Who will bell the cat?" -- or, go to Richard Nixon and inform him that he had lost his support in the party and must resign the presidency. Sen. Barry Goldwater successfully performed that mission in 1974, but there is no Goldwater facsimile in today's Democratic Party (except for Sen. Ted Kennedy, who could not do it because he has endorsed Obama)
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Whoever it is, they should be wearing ashtray proof armor.
Bill Clinton.
The first rule of politics is, "Never count out the Clintons." Their political conglomerate, Clinton Inc., is like Glenn Close in that bathtub scene in the movie "Fatal Attraction": It always comes back to life a second or third time. Polls, momentum and a string of losses tell the story of Hillary Clinton's troubled candidacy -- but her history, tenacity and character tell another tale.
This is premature. The Evil One is polling well in Ohio and Texas.
Well, in Ohio, but it’s dead-even in TX last I saw, and BHO is creeping up on her in OH. It is pretty hard to imagine her giving up though.
We’ll don’t right off the Queen just yet, I’m sure she has a few tricks left to play........after all she and Willy are the dirtiest players in the game, just ask Vince Foster.
I am still convinced the Dems will win it all this year, but not so sure as I was a year ago.
Obama has come within single digits in Ohio.....Hillary is going to need to win by 65-35 in both states just to stay even with delegates.
This is rich. Not only predicting Hillary will lose the nomination, but blaming the election loss on her as well.
Heh. I am worried about Obama in the general, but it is still sweet to see Billary go down. Break out the popcorn (I like kettle corn style myself).
Ew.
A very brave lineman from the NFL in FULL GEAR.
She has gone from double digit leads to being equal with Obama in Texas and only 7 in front of him in Ohio.
She needs to win by blowouts to save her candidacy, which she won't.
The only question is will she drop out or keep going to the Convention.
I think she takes it to the Convention and destroys the Democratic Party.
I've been telling her that for years. But she does not listen to me!
I think what we are seeing is the dems are currently trying to get McCain out of the pictures before their winner will face having to talk about the issues. It looks to me the dems are getting desperate.
I think she should stay in. Obamagaga syndrome has got to start fizzlin’ sometime.
Oooh, Oooh, Pick me I will tell her, Please let me tell her Please
So, what happens if Mrs. Clinton wins by just a little bit in Texas and Ohio? Is she going to bow to the common wisdom and admit that she did not win by enough to attain the nomination? Or is she going to claim a huge momentum-shifting victory and vow to fight on to the Convention and beyond?
Anybody who expects Mrs. Clinton to accept the “She didn’t win by enough” argument is deluding themselves.
But I like it when Democrats delude themselves. It makes them easier to beat.
It will I’m sure, but not in time to save Hildabeast.
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