OBAMA WINS NORTH CAROLINA by 14%, CLINTON WINS INDIANA BY 2%
With Obama’s big win in North Carolina yesterday, and the closely split results in Indiana, it’s undeniable that Obama has added more fuel to his already inevitable win. He has more delegates, and more of the popular vote.
The real question is, since there is no negative tactic that Hillary Clinton is unwilling to use, no strategy too low to pull out of her grab bag of tricks, why couldn’t she close the deal?
As RJ Eskow wrote in a Huffington Post article:
For weeks Sen. Clinton and her supporters taunted the Obama campaign by asking, “Why can’t he close the deal?” Fair question. If Obama is going to be the nominee, they argued, why can’t he deliver some more decisive wins?
After tonight’s results the question has to be reversed: Why couldn’t she close the deal? Sen. Clinton needed a forceful victory to deliver the message that she, not Sen. Obama, has momentum and vote-getting ability. Yet she lost resoundingly in North Carolina, and as of this writing Indiana hangs in the balance. I’m not prepared to write the Clinton campaign’s obit yet - that’s been done one too many times already, and they may continue to fight for a while. What’s different now is that the outcome has become inevitable.
Read the full article here.
There is another report floating about that strong Clinton supporter and fellow Arkansan General Wes Clark called Hillary last night telling her it’s time to quit. Wes Clark is a former 2004 presidential candidate and later endorsed John Kerry.
NBC News reported around midnight that Clinton had canceled her scheduled network morning appearances for Wednesday morning, contributing to the perception that her campaign was thrown back on its heels by the results.
There may be many people urging Clinton to concede the race today, but little chance she will listen. In the meantime, the race will go on until Clinton decides her desire to win at any cost cannot trump what has already been proven - that she is out of math, momentum and money.
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Hillary has tried to win dirty. It will not be in her interest to lose dirty.
The facts are tough to ignore: She would have to secure 70% of all remaining delegates (pledged and super) to gain the nomination, her campaign is broke and her supporters are manning the lifeboats.
It seems it’s not a question of “if” but “when” her run will end.