By the end of the primaries, this may be a true statement (including MI & FL.)

In a sense, she will have won the popular vote. It strains credulity (especially in MI) but it isn’t a lie (in the Clinton sense).

The Dems refusal to seat the MI & FL delegates doesn’t mean Hillary can’t talk about the votes.

People watching Fox News may have seen Sean Hannity talk about this with Rev. Wright a year ago, but no Democrat is going to get anywhere citing Fox as a source for Democrats. They had to get someone from one of “their” networks to pull the trigger, and finally — after Hillary’s wins in Texas and Ohio and the SNL skits embarrassing the media over their fawning support for Barak — ABC’s Brian Ross did the story, and that broke the logjam (And for all the talk of other ministerial land mines out there for Obama, if nobody but Fox says anything, the Clintons will be facing the same problem as with the Wright sermons).

As for Hillary’s chances, I think a lot of people see her as the political equivalent of the Soviet Olympic basketball team at the 1972 Olympics. They lost that title game twice in the final seconds, only to have the referees make up excuses to give them do-overs, until they finally uncorked that full-court pass to Alexander Belov for the winning lay-up. We can’t see what’s going on behind the scenes, but until they gavel Obama as the nominee in Denver, it’s hard not to think the Clintons will find some rule to re-run part of the process (Florida, Michigan) until they get the outcome they want.

To foster doubt about Obama, Clinton supporters are using a whisper and pressure campaign to make an 11th-hour argument to party insiders that he would be a weak candidate in November despite his superior standing at the moment.

A “whisper campaign” to steal the nomination from Obama? Oh yeah, that’ll go over like a lead balloon with the Black lobby.

I’m not usually a huge fan of racial vengence. But if African Americans finally decided to return the favor that Democrats paid them in the century following the Civil War, I might be willing to put up with just a few more lynchings.

I’m just at a loss as to why she would have held back. The exit question is a serious one. Since when do the Clintons pull their punches?

Allahpundit on March 21, 2008 at 4:05 PM

Remember…she’s a big lib. What makes you think she saw anything wrong in what Wright had to say? Maybe it never occurred to her that it might represent a kink in BO’s armor. She might have seen that it wasn’t a strength of his campaign, but not really picked up on just.how.bad Wright’s sermons really were.

Just a theory…I really don’t understand it myself. I think she’s deceitful and maniacal, but definitely not the Smartest Woman In The World. She’s been given far too much credit on intelligence.

Let’s not forget that the 1986 Red Sox had won the World Series, and the 2007 New England Patriots were going 19-0.

She is entitled to the nomination, She has sacrificed her entire adult life for this prize. And damned if she doesn’t get it, by any means possible. Anyone know where I can get some popcorn futures?

I’m just at a loss as to why she would have held back. The exit question is a serious one. Since when do the Clintons pull their punches?

Allahpundit on March 21, 2008 at 4:05 PM

IMHO, because it ruins your chances for the general election. You might win the primary with this but you will alienate black voters that you need in the general and in some states that she thought, and did, get black voters to vote for her. It only became a viable option when 90% of the black voters were voting Obama and Hillary was getting desperate.

If she wants to be President, she has to make sure the Messiah loses in November. I guess we’ll see just how Machiavellian the Clintons actually are in the next few months.

Laddy on March 21, 2008 at 5:28 PM

If I were Obama, I’d wear a bulletproof vest 24/7 and hire a food taster.

I’m just at a loss as to why she would have held back. The exit question is a serious one. Since when do the Clintons pull their punches?

Allahpundit on March 21, 2008 at 4:05 PM

This assumes it was the Clintons that started the Wright story. I thought this was a story introduced by the vast right wing conspiracy — precisely dropped for maximum effect. Obama was too far along to be caught by Hillary, but the scandal could give her hope and cause the super delegates to swing the election her way — creating the worst brand of identity politics and ripping the party asunder in the process. Mission accomplished.

The story may not have been known by the Clintons (unlikely), they may not have realized its power (possible), or maybe they were worried about the story boomeranging on them for whatever reason — dirty trick, Billy Jeff’s photo with Wright, loss of black votes in general, etc.

That sounds rude. I don’t want to think that thought.

AP: “…logically she should have dropped this to stop the bleeding when he was blowing her out in primary after primary last month.”

If I remember correctly, the Queena Burrita was gone a month ago…but it was still sort of a recent change then. It wouldn’t surprise me if it was a mixture of change of command and simple incompetence.

Thanks for the Update link. Sadly, I will have another semi-new angle up in about an hour at Protein Wisdom.

You have to realize that she is not the smartest woman in the world–not by a long shot. From what I have read she valued loyalty over competence in her staff and it was part of her undoing. There was a lot of conflict internally as to how to market Hillary. Neither she nor her staff had the understanding to grasp what was going on with Obama and with the voters.

IMO she has never shown that she’s an executive. When she was working on health care during Billy J.’s term I think she demonstrated that she doesn’t know how to handle people or ideas.

Earlier this week, Carl Levin and Debbie Dingell pointed out an undiscussed problem with Dean’s decision to punish Michigan and Florida for moving their primaries up:
But last August, the New Hampshire secretary of state indicated he was going t…

Looks like Hillary is doomed,not by Hillary which is odd.
The media has thrown hillary under the bus,and nobody seems to care,Ha ha,oops were’s my compassion it’s Easter,almost
like as compassionate as Slick Willys was on Easter being serviced by Monica!

I think Hillarys campaign got torpedoed by Bill’s “Fairy Tale” comments and the besmirching of African Americans.
Who would ever dream that a Liberal democrat who was seeking the Liberal nominee would start a racial brush
fire.

Barrick Obama was the Liberal nominee,and its not over,it
seems with the media has “Chosen” Barrick.Never mind all the
racist comments,Mr.Wright and other pastors coming to light
in the way they preach hate.

Question? How in the world did a nominee process for a Liberal who is seeking POTUSOA get side-tracked into a
condemation and a race trial on the United States of America?

How did Obama with the media hijack this political process,
the media in the way this is going already has Obama as
President.Obama is already saying the Americans need to come together.

Wait a tick,what about the other 50% of African American’s
that aren’t lefty’s,who don’t see America as on trial for
being so-called racists,and again thank-you the Media.

So how and the H!LL did an aspiring Liberal candidate get
to go past nominee,and launch into we hate America,and how
did this become such a distraction,this reeks of Hillarys
tactics of when the spotlight is on you,and its true a
grand distraction is in order!

Can we please get back to the election process!

Hillary can’t win

Neither can Obama! >:D

Neither can Juan!

Oh, wait.

In a nation of only millions we had Washington, Jefferson, Madison, Adams, etc and now this is what we have to choose from?

We are scroomed.

I’m just at a loss as to why she would have held back. The exit question is a serious one. Since when do the Clintons pull their punches?

Allahpundit on March 21, 2008 at 4:05 PM

Could it be that her crack oppo research campaign didn’t bother clicking on the website of Trinity United Church of Christ?