From the New York Sun:
"The idea that we can afford to have a big fight at the convention and then win the race in the next eight weeks, I think, is not a good scenario," Dr. Dean said Tuesday in an interview with a cable outlet, NY1. "I think we will have a nominee sometime in the middle of March or April. But if we don't, then we're going to have to get the candidates together and make some kind of an arrangement. Because I don't think we can afford to have a brokered convention — that would not be good news for either party."
That's a good quote to read as a Democrat, an Obama supporter and someone who likes to look at reality. And the reality is that since Iowa, Obama has had the momentum. I submit:
- While he lost the popular vote in New Hampshire, he tied for delegates.
- He won SC so hugely that it's conceivable, based on his vote count versus the GOP, that he could win SC in the general. Think about that. SC painted blue on the CNN map in November.
- He won more states and more delegates on Super Tuesday than anyone, GOP or Dem
- He has much more money - and is on track to keep climbing in this regard
He is and has been the front-runner since Iowa, despite the mainstream media's (and much of the liberal blogosphere's) unwillingness to admit that simple fact. And boy are they unwilling to admit it. You can all speculate on why that might be.
But she's losing. It's why she's so desperate for a debate she'll take one moderated by Bill O'Reilly. Frankly, I'd welcome a debate, too, as long as it's not on Fox, and as long as they can't ask ANY questions they've already asked. That's right, nothing about the war, health care, experience or spouses. Because I'm sorry, Howard Wolfson and Mark Penn, nobody really wants to hear that all over again. That means they'd have to talk about, oh gosh, little things like: the climate crisis, the rebuilding of the Gulf Coast, energy independence and how to get it, the future of higher education scholarships, dismantling No Child Left Behind (or not), etc. etc.
But anyway, the point is, Hillary is smart. She knows she's hip-deep in a river of loss, and that she's wading upstream. It would do all of us good for her to admit it. Because we really, really don't want John "100 Years" McCain anywhere near our foreign or domestic policies.