Posted on 04/23/2008 1:06:49 PM PDT by The_Republican
Hillary won just enough to show that it is ludicrous to oust a 10-point winner at this late junction, but not quite the blow-out that might cause a stampede to her in the next few states.
The Democrats are tottering at the edge of the abyss. They are about to nominate someone who cannot win, despite vastly out-spending his opponent, any of the key large states — CA, NJ, NY, OH, PENN, TX, etc. — that will determine the fall election. And yet not to nominate him will cause the sort of implosion they saw in 1968 or the sort of mess we saw in November 2000.
Hillary won't quit, since she knows that Obama, when pressure mounts, is starting to show a weird sort of petulance, and drops the "new politics" for snideness. And at any given second, a Rev. Wright outburst, an Ayers reappearance, another Michelle 'never been proud' moment, or another condescending Obamism can cause him to nose dive and become even more snappy.
They won't be able to force Hillary out since she still has strong arguments — the popular vote may end up dead even, or even in her favor; while he won caucuses and out-of-play states, she won the critical fall battlegrounds — and by plebiscites; she is the more experienced and more likely to run a steady national campaign; she wins the Reagan Democrats that will determine the fall election; and by other, more logical nomination rules (like the Republicans' fewer caucuses, winner-take-all elections) she would have already wrapped it up. There seems something unfair, after all, for someone to win these mega-states and end up only with a few extra delegates for the effort. The more this drags out, the more Obama and Hillary get nastier and more estranged from each other — at precisely the time one must take the VP nomination to unite the party.
On the plus side, Hillary is showing a scrappy, tough blue-collar talent that is critical for November — but apparently it will be all for naught, or worse, cause lots of these Middle America "clingers" to go over to McCain.
More and more, McCain will want to run against Obama and his far weaker coalition of elite whites, African-Americans, students — and closets of skeletons. More and more, we will start to see the buyer's remorse of midsummer 1972.
All eyes turn to a repeat in Indiana...
If not then admit that you find Hillary super sexy.
I want to see a severely wounded Obama limping into the nomination.
I am loving every precious minute of this liberal debacle. The longer it goes, the better for AMERICA!! These moron totalitarian anti-American socialists are broadcasting to the masses exactly WHO AND WHAT THEY ARE.
Keep it going all the way to the convention floor !!!! YES !!!
‘Its time to hang the sign “Mission Accomplished” on “Operation Chaos”.
If not then admit that you find Hillary super sexy.’
I would never vote for her or contribute to her campaign. But let’s face it, she’s more of a “man” than many Republican candidates (Thompson, Giuliani), and I mean that as a compliment.
Obama can’t win and Hillary can’t lose. It’s perfect.
You can never have enough chaos in your enemy’s ranks.
I don’t want Obama anywhere near being nominated. If he’s the candidate he can win. Who knows what can happen between now and November. I want him out now.
Wait for it...wait for it...
Neither one can eat the other completely, they just take bites of flesh and hope for salvation. By Denver, neither of them will be walking.
Excellent.
However, I suspect I differ completely from Hillary! on exactly WHO constitutes our nation's enemies...
If Obama were a “typical white man,” the superdelegates could, like good mafiosi, “Do what has to be done,” and jettison him in favor of someone who could actually win in November.
But, since Obama is neither typical nor, more importantly, white, they are stuck with him. If he is ahead on all the scorecards by convention time, and they toss him to the back of the bus in favor of Her Heinous, the black voters will go nuts, riots might ensue in Denver, and what had been the monolithic democrat power base might stay home or even vote for McCain in November (despite the fact that the ocular gene which gives one the ability to recognize an “R” on a ballot has atrophied in the black community after a century of non-use.)
Racial politics is a dual-edged sword, and one of those edges is swinging right back at the left.
Rush is brilliant.
He will have to escape the custody of the Obama campaign who have him gagged and hidden from public view under some kind of perverse Democrat Party witness protection program.
Ditto.
A 20 year member of that 'church' in Chicago should not be able to get elected dogcatcher in this country. The fact that he still garners hundreds of thousands of votes in these primaries is enough to make me gag...
Yes, put Mr. Obama out to pasture now. Although both candidates (and probably an argument can made for all 3) are big government aficionados - Mr. Hussein Obama is far over the edge, and his 20 year association with that blasphemous and racist church makes him a special case in need of flushing (followed by several 'courtesy flushes').
If that means Mrs. William Jefferson Clinton becomes president - than so be it.
The entertainment value as she goes 'Michael Corleone' ('settling of old scores') on Ted Kennedy, Robert Reich, and Richardson would almost make it worth it...
How will Howard Dean and the other BO supporters spin this? Some were saying the Penn rush to Dem registration was due to huge support for Obama among former Repubs. Hillary won by a large margin in Penn. That leaves only two possibilities:
1. The new Penn Dem registants voted mostly for Obama and so the actual support among traditional Penn Dems must be even greater for Hillary (lower for Obama) than the total results.
or
2. The new Penn Dems voted for Hillary which means Rush Limbaugh controls the Dem nominating process.
Either scenario spells total chaos within the Dem party.
Conservatives lose big-time no matter who wins in November. And if McCain wins, in two years the Dems will further increase their margins in Congress. So, to put it bluntly, we’re fu**ed, no matter what happens.
Huckfillary
Just what are you smoking?
We need a photoshop picture of Rush in a flight suit on the deck of a carrier.
I want Hussein to win the nomination but still expect the Clintons to get it no matter what happens in the remaining primaries and cauci. The Clintons are just better than anyone else at making deals- making offers one cannot refuse.
Any Democrat “can” win. All it takes is for McCain to disintegrate politically, for McCain to be caught in bed with Che’s nephew or something.
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