Heh, Sorry… I couldn’t resist.
The Story: Story behind the story: The Clinton myth (via Politico.com)
One big fact has largely been lost in the recent coverage of the Democratic presidential race: Hillary Rodham Clinton has virtually no chance of winning.
Her own campaign acknowledges there is no way that she will finish ahead in pledged delegates. That means the only way she wins is if Democratic superdelegates are ready to risk a backlash of historic proportions from the party’s most reliable constituency.
Unless Clinton is able to at least win the primary popular vote — which also would take nothing less than an electoral miracle — and use that achievement to pressure superdelegates, she has only one scenario for victory. An African-American opponent and his backers would be told that, even though he won the contest with voters, the prize is going to someone else.
People who think that scenario is even remotely likely are living on another planet.
Wait! There’s a song there…
Anyhow…. I think Hillary is just hanging on, thinking she might be able to score a VP spot. But, I think that is, at best, a pipedream. Maybe I am wrong. But I just do not see, a Black guy and a pasty White woman on the same ticket, and plus their personalities are too dominating. Neither of them want to play second fiddle. So, I think that Hillary’s just hanging on for Pride’s sake. Of course, according the e-mail that I received this morning. She’s hurting for money. So, who knows, maybe she will do the right thing after this net primary vote, if she loses and will drop out.
Here’s hoping!
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