Most hot-shot pundits say Hillary’s finished

7 comments May 7th, 2008

 

Impressed by Barack Obama’s ability to survive their endless harping on the Rev. Wright issue, America’s elite political pundits suddenly HAVE DECIDED that Hillary Clinton’s presidential candidacy is now hopeless.

I could have told them that six weeks ago. In fact, I, among others, did TELL THEM that.

POSTSCRIPT: For your viewing pleasure, here’s a video on this matter:

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What if…?

2 comments May 7th, 2008

 

Ask yourself these questions:

What if Barack Obama fails to carry the white vote in November? And fails to carry the rural vote?  And the small-town vote? And gun owners?

What if he fails to carry the Midwest?

What if he loses in all of those demographic and geographic categories?  Can he still win the presidency?

Well, it’s counterintuitive to say so, but the answer is yes. Check THIS.

In keeping with Republican campaign tradition, John McCain is playing the patriotism card

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We can always count on Republican presidential candidates or their surrogates to question the patriotism of their political rivals.

Paul Waldman WARNS US that this year will be no different.

If Hillary doesn’t quit this week, she’s daft

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In the wake of the electoral disaster she suffered yesterday, Hillary Clinton has a Hobson’s choice:

She can drop her bid for the Democratic presidential nomination with whatever grace she can muster, or she can further sully the Clinton brand and hurt her party in the process.

I’ve been following politics for nearly half a century, and I’ve seen a lot of politicians do stupid, self-destructive things.  But few would compare with the futility of Clinton persisting in her hopeless bid for the White House.

HERE’s a roundup of post-mortems on Hillary’s candidacy in the wake of Tuesday’s balloting.

UPDATE: Gen. Wesley Clark REPORTEDLY is urging Clinton to drop her candidacy.

UPDATE II: How in the world did the Chicago Tribune’s Michael Tackett come to this  CONCLUSION?: He writes that Tuesday’s balloting “makes only one thing clear: The race goes on…”

Clear to whom? To Tackett and almost nobody else. The race might, in fact, go on, but it’s silly to say that’s “clear.” Quite the opposite is the case as America awakens this morning to new political realities.

Tim Russert: “We now know who the Democratic nominee is going to be”

6 comments May 7th, 2008

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