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Hillary Won, Now What? by suzys on April 23, 2008 at 9:02 pm

This is going to be a big mess, the delegates, the adversarial atmosphere, ugh, where’s Tedder when we need him?

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Evan's comment on April 24, 2008 at 4:16 pm
It’s not neck and neck!! It’s long been over!!! There is only some wacko impression that is neck and neck, unless you think the superdelegates will line up behind someone who doesn’t lead in pledged delegates, which will not happen.
Susan's comment on April 24, 2008 at 2:30 pm
P.S. For the most part, I *like* the adversarial atmosphere (of course maybe that’s why I became a lawyer :). But seriously, if there could ever be a contest of who loves democracy more, I think I could easily beat any right-winger and probably most people.
Susan's comment on April 24, 2008 at 2:27 pm
Well, sure. What if the superdelegates decided that they didn’t like how Obama had handled being tested so far, and that Hillary had a better shot of winning even though Obama had won more delegates earlier on? It’s not like Obama has an overwhelming lead; I would say it’s pretty neck-and-neck, which is why the calls for Hillary to drop out really annoy me.
Gramma's comment on April 24, 2008 at 2:24 pm
Go Hillary! I am not giving up on her and feel we need a strong person to run our country and she is it.
Evan's comment on April 24, 2008 at 12:52 pm
Also, one other thing: Do you really think that the superdelegates would EVER get behind the person who is not leading in pledged delegates??
Evan's comment on April 24, 2008 at 12:51 pm
Susan, do you think she will drop out after losing North Carolina??
Jon's comment on April 24, 2008 at 12:47 pm
If Dems lose the election for the White House in November, then it might prompt an important change for future primaries — "winner takes all" delegates on a state-by-state basis.
Susan's comment on April 24, 2008 at 12:31 pm
She’s not dropping out because she keeps winning. She can win among the superdelegates if she can show that she has been winning more than he has recently (since Wright, "bittergate," etc).
Marshall's comment on April 24, 2008 at 11:41 am
Yeah, the Hilary thing is becoming pretty obnoxious, and I’m reading more and more people getting angry with the Democratic party in general. I feel the Republicans always have horrible candidates but don’t make any really stupid mistakes that the Dems always do (like having their members fight each other for so long that the entire party gets worn down).
Evan's comment on April 24, 2008 at 11:41 am
OK, at this point I’m just venting, but this writer has come up with a hilariously apt movie comparison:

Back in January - which seems like aeons ago in this extraordinary Democratic race - I thought she might be the Glenn Close character in Fatal Attraction, who kept springing from the bath to confront Barack Obama (played by Michael Douglas) every time you thought she was dead.

Far less charitably, the blogger Andrew Sullivan has compared the former First Lady to the girl in Carrie whose hand emerges from the grave, and even the horror-movie stalwarts Freddy Krueger (Nightmare on Elm Street) or Jason Voorhees (Friday the 13th), who terrorise beautiful teenage Obama supporters and refuse to die.

But after the former First Lady’s nine-point win in Pennsylvania, I’m convinced the "epic movie now on final reel", as yesterday’s Chicago Tribune put it, without plumping for a particular title, is in fact Monty Python and the Holy Grail.

Or, more precisely, the scene in which Arthur - the Obama character - confronts the Black Knight (Hillary), lops off his arm and declares: "Now stand aside, worthy adversary."

But the Black Knight, like Hillary, refuses to succumb, declaring "’tis but a scratch" and it’s "just a flesh wound" as Arthur dismembers him. "I’m invincible!" the Black Knight, by this point just a torso, declares finally. "The Black Knight always triumphs… I’ll bite your legs off!"

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml?xml=/opinion/2008/04/24/do2402.xml
Evan's comment on April 24, 2008 at 11:34 am
Also, here is an interesting parallel that I thought of:

Why do we dismiss Dennis Kucinich supporters as lame dumb-o’s?
Because he doesn’t have a chance of winning.
Evan's comment on April 24, 2008 at 11:32 am
Yeah, way to go, Hillary. As you said in your victory speech "the tide is turning!!" Oh wait, no, it’s not. It turns out you are just prolonging a damaging primary battle in which you have no chance of victory.

I have been hearing that Obama seems much flatter on the stump due to exhaustion. For the first time I am starting to worry that he will be too exhausted in the general to summon up the magic. I think he will be reinvigorated by taking a step closer to the presidency, but you never know.

Here is an article about how exhausted Obama and Hillary are:
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9083LEG0&show_article=1

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