Here’s how it’s going to be for the Dems:
Who’d have thought that that would be the winning coalition, those states in red?
It’s rather elegant, too, in terms of the geography of it all.
Update: We were thinking this after Wisconsin, weren’t we?
Update again: But this was devastating. Not unlike the Super Tuesday blow for Mitt Romney in California.
The only question now is, will she go now (i.e. this week), on May 20th when Obama clinches a majority of pledged delegates, or at the end of the primary season, in early June?
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Leny Vilekoskytch // May 7, 2008 at 10:00 pm
There might be one other option for her in terms of timing for her withdrawal. She could chose to go once it becomes impossible for her to win. If she picks the “Huckabee window” (and that needs to become a reference for something), I guess she could end up leaving after the first ballot.
Ben // May 7, 2008 at 10:19 pm
There are two Huckabee windows — May 20th, when Obama clinches an absolute majority of pledged delegates, or, yes, Denver.
It all depends on how you interpret the role of the supers.
Of course, Ted Kennedy took it to the convention in 1980 with much less…
Leny Vilekoskytch // May 7, 2008 at 11:03 pm
Nice work with the Kennedy precedent…it does go to show the range of issues that the Kennedy clan can serve as examples for in the Democratic party.
I’m guessing that Clinton’s interpretation of the role of the supers stresses characteristics like voting for her come hell or high water.
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