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Saturday, March 22, 2008

NEWS FLASH: Clinton's chances have been terrible for a while

I know American's are math averse but this is ridiculous. Why can't more news organizations publish things like this.

One big fact has largely been lost in the recent coverage of the Democratic
presidential race: Hillary Rodham Clinton has virtually no chance of
winning...Unless Clinton is able to at least win the primary popular vote —
which also would take nothing less than an electoral miracle — and use that
achievement to pressure superdelegates, she has only one scenario for victory.
An African-American opponent and his backers would be told that, even though he
won the contest with voters, the prize is going to someone else.
People who think that scenario is even remotely likely are living on another planet.

In other words: The notion of the Democratic contest being a dramatic cliffhanger
is a game of make-believe.


So then, Bill Clinton, would it be fair to say that Hillary's chances are a big 'fairy tale?' The article goes on to say that the media plays this as a close race because it makes better news than a race that's dragging on for no reason. Although I will say that I firmly believe that many news commentators may not understand that it is over and basically has been for some time.

The fact that Hillary is holding out knowing full well that she's hoping Obama will slip and/or the super delegates will overturn the will of the people. Mmmm, bush-tastic. I hate our media coverage.

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