OBAMA VICTORIOUS: Cliniton out of Math, Money and Momentum

[K Gardner]

Out of Math, Money and Momentum

Huffington Post
by Thomas B. Edsall

OBAMA VICTORIOUS - CLINTON ON THE ROPES

Hillary Clinton, who for seven weeks has crawled, kicked and bitten her way back into contention, suffered a blow on Tuesday, halting the momentum behind her bid for the nomination just when she had begun to regain credibility.

In the universe of political clichés, she is on life support, her oxygen choked off, her knees buckling, unable to stanch the bleeding, down for an eight count, on the ropes, praying for the bell to ring, desperate to get her wind back.

"After the Reverend Wright controversy, Hillary Clinton had the nomination in her hands. Obama was suffering the worst press month of his campaign," said Republican media consultant Alex Castellanos. "Then she had a choice. She could have gotten bigger, more presidential, less political, could have risen to defend Obama. 'This is outrageous and has no place in politics.' She didn't do that. Instead, she chose to become smaller, more political, less presidential. Her own political instincts betrayed her."



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Seat Florida and Michigan.. she still has no way to win. It is Finished.
Front page of HuffPo Declares: OBAMA v McCAIN

[pberq]

1. it's all over but the shouting

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/05/07/obama-victorious-clinton_n_100521.html

Norman Ornstein, of the American Enterprise Institute, contended, in effect, that it's all over but the shouting:

"I have long viewed this in a simple way: two things matter, delegates and popular votes. If Obama wins both, he cannot be denied the nomination. If these numbers hold up, he will erase her gains in Pennsylvania and have a near-insurmountable popular vote lead. That will do it, and I expect a stream of superdelegates to move to him in the coming week-plus."

[K Gardner]

2. From what I'm hearing this morning, the shouting is loud and continues, unabated.