Yesterday’s prediction came true. Hillary won in Pennsylvania, and won big enough to boost her already inflated ego, which is really a good thing. It looks like she will be staying in the race for the long haul now. She may even be able to convince the big wig super delegates to stay with her, and swing the nomination in her direction come September.
After winning Pennsylvania, Clinton came out with both barrels blazing. She has done everything but declare herself the winner. She won Pennsylvania, and so “the tide has turned.” She has started attacking Obama for not being able to “close the deal” in states like Pennsylvania. She obviously thinks that will look good to the fat cats who will ultimately make the decision for who the Democratic nominee will be. I think the question will really come down to how much those same fat cats owe Bill Clinton…if there is enough political capital in the coffers, then she will get the nod.
Personally, I think it is hilarious that such a big deal is being made of the fact that she has won Pennsylvania, and now she is on the upswing. It appears to me that she is still the underdog, and is still quite a bit behind Obama in the delegate race. At last count, Hillary has 1575 delegates and Obama has 1705. I think Obama is still in the lead, if I remember my basic mathematics principles correctly. He is still leading in states won, delegates won, and in the popular vote. Yes, I think this is going to be interesting coming down to September and the Democratic Convention!
Another thing that Clinton has completely ignored is the mass changing of registrations from Republican to Democrat. I know she, as well as the general media outlets, want to believe that this is because the Republicans are fed up with their leadership and have jumped ship to the other party. The local news in my area reported on it in just that way (and even had a few interviews with folks who made the claim, with sly grins on their faces). I’m sure this major shift had absolutely nothing to do with Rush Limbaugh’s “Operation Chaos” which encouraged registered Republicans to make the change. I heard on Mike Church this morning that he was encouraging the same thing, and referred to the movement as the “Talk Radio Militia.” According to an article on MSNBC (it pains me to even site them, but surely their pure statistics are accurate) since the first of the year, there have been 101,499 new applicants for Democratic registration, and 132,688 have switched to the Democratic party. Now, I am not naive enough to believe ALL of those are the result of the movement encouraged by talk radio. But, I think it is ridiculously naive for the Democrats to think that the movement is all legitimate movement of discontent (maybe bitter?) Republicans. I guess maybe we will find out in November!
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The problem is that while Hillary knows that Rush has helped her campaign… she obviously can never admit it. So while she’s making the morning rounds of the TV talk shows talking about how “Americans have spoken”, she’s secretly sending Rush a box of his favorite cigars…