Hillary Has Lost

This from Dylan Loewe, who has a new must-read blog::

Having staked out Ohio and Texas, Hillary Clinton cannot admit publicly that the nomination was lost before they arrived. Ohio and Texas are not must-wins for Hillary. After ten staggering losses in a row, there are no more must-wins.

If Hillary wins Ohio and Texas, it will just prolong the inevitable decline of the once inevitable candidate. She will continue to advocate the seating of the Florida and Michigan delegations; she will continue to call for super delegates to overturn the public will if needed. She will continue to deepen the animosity she has encouraged from within her own base, showcasing the very politics they have chosen to reject. The irony will be that her greatest losses will be suffered as a result of her wins. With no end in sight, her attacks will look selfish and subversive. The empathy and respect she could have regained with a graceful exit in March will be replaced by a bitterness and frustration, with wounds unlikely to heal.

I absolutely agree with this. She can't win at this point without subverting the will of the voters. She stays in now mostly because of the fact that they have been pointing to Ohio and Texas for almost a month now. There is also some pride at stake, and they still think they can win in Ohio.

The only two things that could save them are an extremely negative push against Obama or an incredibly sharp downfall of Obama's support, which would only occur after a bombshell story or gaffe. Hillary tested going negative last night with her comment comparing Obama's borrowing words from friends as "change you can xerox". That comment fell like a lead balloon. I think by the end of the debate she knew it was over. Now, they're just playing the game for 11 more days just in case...