Hillary's like the girl in preschool that the kids in class like well enough, but the teachers just can't stand. Clinton keeps winning with primary voters, yet not exactly cleaning up with the powerful, nomination-granting Superdelegates.
So where are we with Hillary? First, she's not leaving the race. And though many, Political Nanny included, have thought time and again, "she should let it go," at this late date, what would be the point? The final two primaries are tomorrow -- South Dakota and Montana. Don't you think we might as well see this thing through? Get voters limbered up and in the mood to head out again in November? Second, she just won the primary in Puerto Rico, she grabbed another superdelegate pledge and managed to get the Democratic Party to give her something -- anything -- from this year's Florida voting mess (and also Michigan).
In any case, here are the numbers Clinton's counting on to, perhaps, make her case to continue this battle all the way to the convention. From CNN:
If all the primary results including Florida and Michigan are
counted, but not the caucus votes, Clinton leads in the popular vote
17,461,845 to Obama's 17,244,762, according to CNN estimates.
That number includes giving Obama all the "uncommitted" votes from Michigan ...
The Democratic National
Committee decided Saturday to reinstate all of Florida and Michigan's
delegates to the national convention, with each delegate getting a
half-vote to penalize the states for holding their primaries earlier
than party rules allowed.
The DNC Rules and Bylaws Committee's move gave Clinton 87 delegates and Obama 63.
In a second scenario, which adds CNN's estimate of the caucus-goers, Obama leads Clinton 17,928,000 to 17,843,000.
And in a third scenario, which includes all of the caucuses but does
not give Obama the "uncommitted" vote in Michigan, Clinton leads
17,873,000 to 17,703,000.
Meanwhile, John McCain is ignoring her, and Barack Obama is handling her gently.
Admit it, you're going to miss Hillary when (if? No, when ...) she's out of the race.
Photo: Time.com
