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06.05.2008
The New CW

NYT's Nagourney

In this case, a split was not a draw.

In what early returns suggested would be a win for Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton in Indiana but a loss for her in North Carolina, Tuesday’s results did not fundamentally improve her chances of securing the Democratic presidential nomination. If anything, Mrs. Clinton’s options for overtaking Senator Barack Obama may have dwindled further.

--Michael Crowley

Posted: Tuesday, May 06, 2008 10:59 PM with 7 comment(s)

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roidubouloi said:

"Did not improve her chances."  Good grief.  The whole world has gone mad.  They fight PA-IN-NC, Hillary loses or manages a draw, the pool of available delegates from which she can recoup the deficit (that has only grown larger in the last two months) dwindles to almost nothing, and this boob says that "her chances have not improved."  Yeah, you might say that.

What an idiot!  She has no chances left.

May 6, 2008 11:04 PM

William-g said:

Zogby redemption?

Final Zogby tracking polls released this morning:

North Carolina - Obama +14

Indiana - Obama +2

May 6, 2008 11:04 PM

roidubouloi said:

"May have dwindled further?"  Do you think Nagourney understands the logic that things are definitely worse when you need a constantly higher percentage of a dwindling pool in order to draw even?

May 6, 2008 11:06 PM

dbhuff said:

Duh, even if the dels are split, and the popular vote advantage from PA is reversed, the odds get much smaller than the even minimal chances she had before because there are less delegate and voters left to fight for!

May 6, 2008 11:10 PM

liberal reformer said:

Roidubouli is dead on. Hillary was facing long odds before and that is why nothing much changed, except a bit more slippage and with time running out.

May 7, 2008 6:25 AM

roidubouloi said:

Keep drinking that Hillarista Kool-aid, liberal.  Once the media calls it for Obama, the supers will flow toward him, the odds will become so clearly ridiculous that event the math-challenged Hillaristas will know she cannot win, Hillary will go broke which, as rhubarbs has pointed out is the only thing that will force her out.

As is evident from your posts, the likelihood is that the zombie Hillary campaign to nowhere will indeed continue until she flat runs out of money, but the world will be laughing and then shaking its head wondering what is wrong with her.  By the time the convention comes around, there will be a widely held opinion that she is nuts and there will be no buyers' remorse.  It will be clear to everyone that she would not have been a viable candidate or a good president.

So, Run HIllary, Run!!   Liberal reformer needs you now more than ever.

May 7, 2008 7:55 AM

liberal reformer said:

Roidubouloi: I don't get you. I have been saying for some time that Hillary is all but finished. She is staggering forward simply out of inertia and propelled by the cast iron that is her gut. I am amazed that I even gravitated to Hillary because I had long disliked her; the only reason is that Obama leaves me cold.

May 7, 2008 7:57 PM