The conventional wisdom on March 4th for Hillary Clinton is that if she loses Texas and Ohio, she's toast.
But her brain trust faintly hinted at a Third Way -- perhaps contingent on a split of the Lone Star State's weird primary-caucus hybrid -- during their 75-minute conference call today. Assuming she wins Ohio (a monumental "if"), the Clinton camp might be able to withstand a Texas loss provided she wins the primary part -- and loses the oddball caucus.
Obama has dominated caucus states (with the exception of Nevada) and Clinton has railed against them as being undemocratic. Her people in Texas today put out the word she might sue to stop the caucus -- just now denied by spokesman Phil Singer.
This strategy of threatening a suit without following through might rationalize a loss in the caucus. It echoes a phantom lawsuit tactic they used in Nevada to highlight complaints they had with that state's caucus process.
What does all this mean?
The Clinton folks ain't too confident about winning down south.
-- Glenn Thrush in Columbus, OH
Comments (2)
Desperate people say desperate things. They can see the handwriting on the wall. she should concede.
The Clinton campaign is no longer thinking things through. They're in the "there is no tomorrow" mode. (Sort of like being down three games to none in the World Series.) Of course there will be a tomorrow for the Clinton campaign...there just might not be another Wednesday.
In an effort to keep things on a lighter note, here's a link to a song by folksinger "Trainwreck Jerry" that's a musical fantasy about a conversation between Sens. Clinton and Obama regarding a "deal" involving the VP slot.
http://www.folkalley.com/openmic/song.php?id=9528