Posted by: McQ on Wednesday, May 07, 2008 A very bad night for Hillary Clinton. Yes she won IN. But barely. And she was blown out it NC. So ... what does that mean? Does the dogged and determined Democrat continue the chase, or does she give it up, given the results and bow to the seeming inevitable. As you might imagine, the pundits and prognosticators are all over the place on this. Coming up are two primaries in which she should do well given the demographics of each and how well they match up with her other wins. WV and KY should be Clinton country. But to what end? Even if she wins there, after last night, any ground she had made up in the popular vote was pretty much rubbed out and she certainly didn't gain in the delegate count. And, as many are predicting, she's not going to get the cash bounce she got after her more recent and more impressive wins (and there are rumors she's running short of cash again.). Then come the reports that she's canceled all appearances on the morning shows - the equivalent of turning down free advertising for a cash strapped campaign. You can't help but believe that the Democratic leadership has been working vigorously behind the scenes to end this bruising primary season. Indications are the Republicans are in line to be beat up rather badly in November, and these primary fights aren't at all aiding that possibility, but, in fact, are distracting from it. Is she getting ready, finally, to pull a "for the good of the party" concession? Her 2008 political obituary has been written a number of times over the last 15 months, but she's refused to "die." I'm not sure what to make of her cancellations this morning, but for some reason, I just don't think Hillary Clinton has it in her to quit something which has been as much her obsession as it was her husband's. But watching Lanny Davis try to spin what was happening last night in a favorable way was just painful. That said, the Clintons do seemingly have a self-delusional streak which allows them to ignore reality in favor of pursuing their goals, so, given everything I've mentioned above, I just can't see Hillary Clinton quiting this race until every opportunity and option short of quiting, has been exploited or exercised. |
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