Three times this season, Barack Obama merely had to lob a ball, and he could have struck Hillary out. Three times he has failed.
1. After Iowa, a win in New Hampshire, a win that every poll foresaw, would have done it for him. But he gave that supercilious comment in the debate about Hillary's likeableness, and Hillary gave a strong performance in the final days. Obama failed to strike her out. How humiliating.
2. After a breathtaking run of the bases in February, winning one contest after another, wins in Ohio and Texas would have sealed the deal. The polls suggested he was on the brink of doing it, and he outspent Hillary hand over fist. Obama failed to strike her out. How humiliating
3. For six weeks, Obama demanded Hillary get out of the race. He plastered the airwaves in Pennsylvania with his visage and message. He outspent her. He spent weeks on the ground shaking hands and hold rallies. And for the third time, he suffered another humiliating loss against Hillary.
Now comes the greatest humiliation of all. Since he is unable to close the deal by himself, his surrogates are back in force demanding that Hillary get out of the race. Clyburn of South Carolina cajoles Hillary to get out because "she can't win this":
The Clintons know that she can't win this. But they're hell-bound to make it impossible for Obama to win.
Really, after Hillary's landslide and Obama's humiliating loss in Pennsylvania, I wonder who it really is who can't win this.
Now come the bloggers; as one visitor from the Big Orange Cheeto wrote this morning, Stand Down, Hillary. How humiliating. Obama now has to have his surrogates beg Hillary to do for him what he can't do for himself. Since Obama can't beat Hillary by himself, his surrogates reason, Hillary has to help him beat her. How humiliating.
If he's the better candidate, let him win the damned thing fair and square. If he can't do it without Hillary's help, he can't do it at all.
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