Some, including respected friends such as Newsweek’s Jonathan Alter, were calling for Hillary Clinton to withdraw even before her big Game 5 wins in Texas, Ohio and Rhode Island. Alter’s reasoning was that there was no way she could catch up in the delegate count; hence, she was only hurting Democrats by staying in the race. The problem is that Obama appears equally unlikely to win enough elected delegates to win the contest outright.
A lead’s only a lead, sports fans, until the final out.
Despite Clinton being behind in the delegate count now, I do expect her to be the nominee because of her having lined up many key supporters early on.
My hope is neither becomes the nominee because of their weaknesses in the fall campaign, and Democrats have to pick somebody else.
