Game Over, Hillary

The American Spectator ^ | 5/7/2008 | Philip Klein

[Aristotelian]

RALEIGH, NC -- Hillary Clinton may not have reached the end of her presidential campaign last night, but the end is now surely within staggering distance.

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CLINTON IS UNLIKELY to drop out eminently, because she is a Clinton. But last night's Hillary showed a lot less fight than the one who came out swinging after the victory in Pennsylvania.

Bill, who did a marathon of nine events on Monday in North Carolina to no avail, could be seen behind Hillary, wearing defeat all over his face.

She'll still fight for Florida and Michigan to be seated, and make the pitch to superdelegates that only she can win the big important states, but Obama will quietly inch closer to the nomination in the coming weeks.

[dware]

Considering the youth vote, the lesser of two evils vote, the I’ve had it with the Republicans vote, the too old vote, the black vote, the anyone but a republican vote, the loyal democrat vote, the left wing vote, the principled Republican vote, the female vote, etc, etc, etc, I am not quite as confident in his beatability. It is McCain’s to lose, and yet, we must not forget, the nomination is still up for grabs.

Pubbies are a little too sure of themselves. The mere fact that Osama has made it this far speaks VOLUMES.

Whoever wins the nomination will likely win the general. People are tired of Republicans, especially with having control of the house, senate and white house for several years and doing NOTHING with it, then letting the dems have it.

[G.Love]

They have a picture up on The Corner.

[Fundamentally Fair]

Bill, who did a marathon of nine events on Monday in North Carolina to no avail, could be seen behind Hillary, wearing defeat all over his face.

Why oh why did I go to bed early and miss this!

[ThePythonicCow]

NO, I don't want her to “R.I.P.”.

Well, yes, there is that perspective. Can't say as I disagree. Though you've done a better job than I have of considering the possibilities ;).

[ThePythonicCow]

What is "The Corner" ?

[ilgipper]

ask McGovern about that. They are nominating a radical leftist again. That won’t play too well in most of the swing states.

[ReleaseTheHounds]

anybody who still thinks that Obama cannot take a punch, needs to ask himself why a such a political novice is on the verge of taking down the once-indomitable Clinton machine.

I'll take a crack at answering this one: The once-indomitable Clinton machine was never indomitable... Dems just ignored the reality that we on the Right had seen since 1992: they are all liars and tramps. Isn't it amazing that it took this run for the presidency for the supposedly smart and sophisticated Dems to wake up to that reality. And number 2: Obama was and is a political novice -- he's the perfect "nothing" candidate that Dems and many independents have been hoping and waiting (and praying?) for. He doesn't stand for anything specific just everyone's hopes and dreams. And maybe that will carry him to the presidency. God help us if he does (or doesn't), but if he does become president, we will see what magic elixer he'll bring to Washington and bring the "change we can believe in!" What utter BS.

[G.Love]

Corner.nationalreview.com

I would post a link but I’m technologically challenged.

[tsmith130]

(http://corner.nationalreview.com/)

[RipSawyer]

“I still think that Hillary will take this all of the way to the bitterest of bitter ends, win or lose”

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I want to see Obama nominated and Hitlery bitterly working in any way she knows (and she knows a lot) to see Obama defeated in November. I hope she is foolish enough to think she can come back in 2012.
But in the end the real problem is the dumbed down electorate, if the average voter still had sense enough to pour water out of a boot none of the current candidates would have been in the race past February. To hear spokesmen for the Democrats saying that they have an “embarrassment of riches” in Obama and Clinton is enough to make my head spin, but in a land where a nonentity such as Michelle Obama is presented as one of the brightest graduates of Princeton one should not expect much. A land that once produced great thinkers like Franklin, Jefferson, Adams, Madison and all the others now produces Princeton grads with the writing skills of a backwoods third grader.

[Malsua]

Huzzah! The house has landed!

[Miss Didi]

[Conservativegreatgrandma]

People are tired of Republicans, especially with having control of the house, senate and white house for several years and doing NOTHING with it, then letting the dems have it.

That's it. I'm sick of the Republicans. I gave them a chance and they didn't do it to suit me so I'm voting Democrat. I'm sure they'll do it to suit me. (sarcasm)

[Miss Didi]

[bcsco]

...I am not quite as confident in his beatability.

Neither am I. Especially since well over 20% of Republicans voted against him in Pennsylvania, Indiana and North Carolina. There's no guarantee those votes will magically reappear for him come November.

Republican dissatisfaction with McCain (or the GOP in general) is a dynamic that has yet to be addressed in terms of November.

[fuzzthatwuz]

Thanks for the pic. In my opinion Billy Jeff’s facial expression appears more calculating than disappointed. One has to wonder what was going thrugh his mind.

[Miss Didi]

I have always thought that Bubba is the first person who does not want his bride to become president. He has done an excellent job as chief sabotager.

[ThePythonicCow]

I have always thought that Bubba is the first person who does not want his bride to become president.

It takes a good person to want their spouse to succeed at the same high profile job they themselves have already held.

I think that rules out Mr. Clinton.

[Miss Didi]

Spot-on. Rush just blasted Bubba for looking bored last night during her speech...and how he only talked about himself on the campaign trail.

[Fred]

HRC’s run for the presidency is what got Bubba all the $200,000 speaking gigs and the lobbying job with Dubai. Now that Hillary is taking the dirtnap, Bubba’s gravytrain is going to take a serious downturn...