How Hillary Lost Yesterday

[ChairmanAgnostic]

Poll question: How Hillary Lost Yesterday

Face it, she did lose. Bob Creamer at Huff Po has the bad news for her campaign here:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-creamer/last-night-clinton-won-th_b_98165.html

On DKos, there is a great page which lays out facts, figures, maps and results (Yes, Hillaryans, FACTS - those pesky, truth based, confirmed things that your campaign has a severe allergic reaction to all so frequently). As explanations go, this one is superb.

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/4/23/121029/881/750/501666

More than a few rational thinkers, those with basic math skills, note that for Hillary to win, she must win each and every remaining state and territory by more than 71%, not just a virtual impossibility, but a factual impossibility. The net gain in delegates is at most, TEN PLEDGED DELEGATES. Ten. Yes, we have had to put up with McAwful, Wolfson, Mourning Joe and other liars claiming that Hillary won a HUGE VICTORY, when in actuality, she squeaked out a 9.2% victory in a state that gave her a huge advantage in every demographic imaginable. When you consider that she had led by 25% less than a month ago, having a huge lead, despite all of her built in advantages, cut down to almost a third of what she held so recently, well, by no stretch of anyone's imagination is that a HUGE VICTORY. To the contrary, this was the death knell to her campaign. Ten net delegates? TEN? All that spin, all her lies, all of Bill's two-faced bullshit, for a small net gain, that is already being destroyed by the Super-delegates today? If that spells victory, please never let us see a defeat.

I am extremely glad that she got $2.7 mill last night. That means that ma and pa companies, arts councils, school districts, printing, cell phone, computer and travel companies can get paid, some with bad debt going back to early February. Assuming she pays them first, and not Mark Penn. I hope for their sakes, as a sole practitioner myself, that they do get paid. One large, unpaid bill in these days can make or break a company. And 10k may be the price of one of her Nevada suites, but that is not horse feed for an arts council or a school program. I am glad that people pitched in and made it possible to pay off those small companies. However, if she refuses, and pays for more polls, for more Penn, and for more crap, she will guarantee that people will hate her forever.

So, how did she lose? Today's New York Times said it best. "It is past time for Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton to acknowledge that the negativity, for which she is mostly responsible, does nothing but harm to her, her opponent, her party and the 2008 election."

When you combine her attacks, her spin, her lies and her stretching of facts (something that comes as naturally to her campaign as breathing does for the rest of us) with her promise to OBLITERATE IRAN if elected, even if you discount this as election pandering, her continued presence in this race does not only help a weak, aged, ill, and ill-informed John McCain, but actually damages the security, safety and relationships of the United States of America. But never you mind about that. America comes a distant fourth. 1. After Hillary. 2. Hillary's right to grab the presidency. 3. Chelsea. 4. Perhaps Bill. Make that fifth. A distant fifth.

The prevailing new theory, trying to explain her tactics and positions, suggest that she is positioning herself for a run in 2012, and that when she pulls out here, she will undermine Barack in every single state where it is possible to do damage and not get caught. I hope not. Too many critical issues are on fire today. McCain would be a disaster almost as bad as Hillary.

At some point her loss in Texas will become news. At some point her extremely disappointing performance in Pennsylvania will become news. At some point reality - reflected in 9.2% difference and a tiny, immaterial, and minuscule 10 delegate win will be discussed by the Supers, meaning that all of her PR, all her current spin, and that loud clapping themselves on their collective backs will be all for naught. Even the stalking heads will look again, and see the painful reality that the brain trust behind her campaign are already seeing. She lost the election last night. No amount of spin will cure the math. No amount of attacks, lies, dissembling, denials by Bill, or proud, smiling "WeWon" appearances by Hillary will change it.

So, when will Hillary admit the obvious?

[Jim Sagle]

1. Whadda crocka chickenshit bullshit.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

2. I agree, she is.