Monday, May 12, 2008

It's all over but the shouting

It seems clear that Barrack Obama will be the Democratic nominee for president. Well, to almost everyone.
Hillary Clinton is pushing ahead despite the overwhelming odds against her. Clinton has her own reasons for keeping on keeping on. Whatever those reasons are, one thing is certain: Hillary Clinton is no political neophyte and can read the proverbial writing on the wall as anyone.
Maybe it's as simple as wanting something so bad you can't believe there isn't SOME way to get it. At this point it would take a virtual tsunami on a level exceeding the Rev. Wright to swamp Obama's growing advantage.
The real question now is: How can Democrats extricate themselves from this unsettling dilemma and emerge without shooting themselves in the foot?
It just goes to show you how unpredictable politics can be. Six months ago not even the most savvy political junkie could have predicted the current state of affairs. At the time McCain was an afterthought and Obama wasn't even high enough in the polls to rate underdog status.
That just proves that six months is two or three lifetimes in politics. And the election is still six months away.

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