Posted: Fri Mar 07, 2008 3:01 am Post subject: Why She's Alive
Why She's Alive
By Robert NovakThe scope of Hillary Clinton's latest resurrection can be appreci ated only in light of the elaborate preparations that had been made for her expeditious burial. That she is very much alive can be attested to her true grit but also the revelation Barack Obama is not the miraculously perfect candidate after all.
Category: Commentary
By Robert NovakThe scope of Hillary Clinton's latest resurrection can be appreci ated only in light of the elaborate preparations that had been made for her expeditious burial. That she is very much alive can be attested to her true grit but also the revelation Barack Obama is not the miraculously perfect candidate after all. Assuming that Sen. Clinton at best would eke a victory in Ohio Tuesday to end her long losing streak, prominent Democrats were organizing a major private intervention. A posse of party leaders would plead with her to end her campaign and recognize Obama as the Democratic standard-bearer. To buttress this argument, several elite unelected superdelegates (including several previous Clinton supporters) were ready to come out for Obama. Those plans went on hold Tuesday night. Clinton's transformation of the political climate by her decisive victory in Ohio and unexpected narrow win in Texas coincided with Obama facing adversity for the first time in his magical candidacy and not handling it well. The result is not only the prospect of seven weeks of fierce campaigning by the two candidates (stretching out to the next showdown April 22 in Pennsylvania), but also perhaps what Democratic leaders feared but never really thought possible until now: a contested national convention in Denver during the last week of August.
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