For a variety of reason not worth mentioning, I thought Barack Obama would win yesterday’s Pennsylvania primary. In fact, here’s how I called it:
It seems no one thinks Barack Obama has a prayer of winning today’s Pennsylvania primary. But I think he’s going to shock the world by upsetting Hillary Clinton (i.e., by ending up in a virtual tie in her “home state”). And this will give him a lock on the Democratic nomination for president of the United States.
More important, however, even if Hillary wins by the 10-point margin most pundits predict, it will have no significant impact on Obama’s lead in the overall delegate race 1655 to 1513.
What can I say, occasionally conventional wisdom is wise. Never mind my (and Obama’s) misguided hope that Pennsylvanians would reverse the trend of white voters promising to vote for Obama on the campaign trail but voting for Hillary on election day….
Despite the egg on my face, however, “read my lips:“ Obama will be the Democratic nominee. In fact, even with her impressive win and all the delegates factored in, Obama retains his commanding lead in the delegate race 1694 to 1556.
Nevertheless, as a consolation prize, Hillary’s win will enable her to not only replenish her debt-ridden campaign coffers but also remain a bona fide nuisance to Obama all the way to the Democratic Convention in August. Indeed, she is now poised to make good on her threat to have a cat-and-dog death match with Obama on the floor of the Convention for the nomination.
Whatever Hillary….
After all, this is a woman who has lived in either a governor’s mansion (in Arkansas) or the White House virtually all of her adult life. And she was just forced to disclose that she’s worth over $100 million for Christ’s sake!
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