| As the last quarter of the Democratic primary season inexorably and mercifully ticks down, state by state, things look bleak for the Clinton campaign.
By any objective measure -- number of delegates, states won, popular vote -- Barack Obama is ahead. And that lead will widen after our state Democratic convention, and the media finally figures out what BOR has been saying since the primary - Obama won Texas.
It's as if the San Diego Chargers, behind in the fourth quarter of last year's AFC Championship, asserted that even though they were loosing to the Patriots, they were the best team to beat the New York Giants in the Superbowl.
And given the Chargers' inability to score, their strategy would have been to appeal to the league bigwigs and referees on the field to award them the Lamar Hunt trophy - even though the Patriots, by any objective measure, won the game.
Hillary Clinton's campaign got to the red zone last night, but but couldn't punch it in and had to settle for a field goal.
All that's left is some sort of Hail Mary (Ickes' "October Surprise"?) and working the refs. Last week, assuming a big win in Indiana, I was strongly convinced working the refs just might work.
Now her legacy will determined by how sportsmanlike she is, as Obama runs out the clock. |
