The Conventional Wisdom: Gore, More Than Before - Part II (HuffPo; 2nd part!!)

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Posted March 11, 2008 | 07:13 PM (EST)

The Clinton's are like vampires, they're hard to kill.

Nonetheless, after the dust from last Tuesday primaries settles, one thing will be clear; Hillary probably can't win the nomination herself but she can stop Obama from winning. Obama has now twice failed to drive the stake through Hillary's undead heart and I'm not sure he'll get another chance.

Having stopped the inevitability of an Obama victory, Hillary will now be able to leverage a win in Pennsylvania, where she has the natural electoral advantage, into several other wins down the road. Looking at the primary calendar, it's not particularly farfetched to see Hillary winning Pennsylvania, and then Indiana, North Carolina, West Virginia, Kentucky, and Puerto Rico among others. If Florida actually has a re-election, she might almost be able to catch up to Obama in raw delegate count by the convention, and that doesn't take into account her natural affinity with the majority of Super Delegates representing the Party establishment. Whatever the case, she would certainly have the momentum going into the Convention, even though I can't foresee a scenario in which the super delegates will have the gall to give her the nomination if she comes in behind.

But all of this begs the question; what exactly is the point of this half a billion-dollar exercise?

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