Matt Dowd: "What do President B*sh and Hillary Clinton have in common?"

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End Game: Clinton's Exit Strategy

May 07, 2008 2:02 AM

Opinion by Matthew Dowd, ABC News Political Contributor

In the aftermath of the Indiana and North Carolina Democratic primaries, I have at least one observation having watched the results and Hillary Clinton's speech.

What do President Bush and Hillary clinton have in common? Neither had an exit strategy ready.

The curtain on the long Clinton Broadway campaign is coming down. It hasn't hit the floor yet, but it's real close.

The math and the money and the message and the momentum are all now basically and inevitably against her. And her remarks after the results became clear show she is unprepared to accept defeat at this point and exit.

The writing is on the wall but it looks like she doesn't want to read it.

It will come but may take some time to accept reality.

http://blogs.abcnews.com/matthewdowd/2008/05/end-game-clinto.html

And on the issue of Hillary's support of Junior's poison pill IWR and the subsequent occupation, neither she nor Junior had an exit strategy there either.

The trend continues.