Sen. Clinton continues to press on, continues to insist it's good for the party for her to occasionally bash its likely nominee, and all the props of a tightly contested primary are in place, and everyone is polite.
But is it real? Can she win?
Dana Milbank of the Washington Post suggests the answer to the first question is no in a report on the "Clinton Campaign Death Watch:"
"A steep descent brings Clinton's plane to Charleston's hilltop airport. After an appropriate wait, she steps from the plane and pretends to wave to a crowd of supporters; in fact, she is waving to 10 photographers underneath the airplane's wing. She pretends to spot an old friend in the crowd, points and gives another wave; in fact, she is waving at an aide she had been talking with on the plane minutes earlier."
And America Blog says the answer to the second question is no in a somewhat intemperate post headlined:
"Go away you horrible human being."
Subhead:
"It's not close. You freaking lost the nomination, what the hell is wrong with you?"
Comments (1)
John over at Americablog has been a Hillary hater for months. He went over the edge at about the same time.
She's not Edwards with 34 delegates this year or Kennedy who was down by 1000 delegates in 1980. She's down only 150 pledged delegates. That is close.
I'm not saying she will get the nomination but she does deserve respect for the numbers she is pulling and the support she has. To dismiss he so easily as some want to do now dismisses her supporters who are crucial for a win in november. Every nasty, arrogant call for her to drop out will push her supporters away. She has over 15 million votes cast for her.