Sour grapes

I am tired of hearing Clinton supporters railing about how sexism is at the root of their candidate's travails. It's almost as if the only possible reason Obama could be beating Clinton is because she's a woman.
Get over yourselves. She made a colossal strategic blunder in her campaign of inevitability and now is paying that price. Are there some voters who won't vote for her because of her gender? You bet your sweet bippy. Just as there are those who are voting FOR her because of her gender. And just like there are people voting for or against Obama because of his race.
Before we go any farther let me get this out front. From the beginning of this race I made it clear to those who asked me that I could support any one of the three Democratic frontrunners. I had no favorite. After John Edwards dropped out, I still took the position that either Democratic candidate would be far superior to another Republican. And I still believe that.
But after watching the campaign, I believe Obama is the superior candidate. I don't expect those who have gone to the wall for Clinton to agree with me. Too bad. If the Obama campaign were to implode and Clinton became the nominee, I would vote for her.
But when I see Clinton supporters quoted as saying they'll jump ship to John "Pander Bear" McCain before they'll vote for Obama, I see a whole bowl full of sour grapes.
I only have two words for those Clintonistas who will cuddle up to the Pander Bear: Supreme Court.
The delicate balance for causes near and dear to those who profess to support Clinton would be upset if McCain were elected. John Paul Stevens, the most liberal justice on the high court, is 88 years old and probably won't make it through another presidential term. My suspicion is that he probably held out as long as he did in the hopes a Democrat might be elected. (I know he was appointed by Republican Gerald Ford, but Ford was carrying out a delicate balancing act of his own, trying to calm the country down after the hugely divisive Watergate scandal.)
So if Clinton supporters desert the party in droves and help elect McCain, it'll be on their heads when McCain beefs up the conservative majority on the court - one that will probably last the rest of our lifetimes.