Turnout the lights ...
Wednesday, May 7, 2008 at 09:32PM Following the Indiana and North Carolina primaries, there are now two truths to the Democratic primary: Barack Obama will be the nominee, and Hillary Clinton will not exit before June 3rd.
The entire political establishment seems to be in agreement that last night's performance was a devestating blow to Hillary's already-longshot candidacy. She needed to win big in Indiana and hold the line in North Carolina, and just the opposite occurred.
Some in the Clinton camp were holding out that things would seem better after a good night's sleep, but if anything it seems worse; even her strongest superdelegate supporters now seem resigned to her fate.
"As you know, I have great fondness and great respect for Sen. Clinton and I’m very loyal to her," said Sen. Dianne Feinstein. "Having said that, I’d like to talk with her and hear her view on the rest of the race and what the strategy is." Her New York Senate colleague Chuck Schumer was as equally non-committal: "It's her decision to make and I'll accept what decision she makes,” he said.
For her part, Senator Clinton has repeatedly said she's not going to quit so long as there are races to be contested. In fact, there's a good possibility she won't quit at all -- or at least not until Obama is actually declared the nominee in Denver. Clinton's don't quit, plain and simple. She may become a pariah within the Democratic party, but so long as she has a theoretical chance of becoming the nominee, she won't get out.
Reader Comments (1)
A lot of "VP talk" floating around lately.