Hillary down for the count
Hillary Clinton is not out yet but she is on the canvass with the count past five. Obama has the momentum—ten straight wins will give you that—and the money, he has just doubled Hillary’s ad buy in Ohio. At the moment, Obama is well on the way to the March 4th victories in Hillary’s supposed firewalls of Texas and Ohio that would effectively end the race.
Hillary Clinton is not out yet but she is on the canvass with the count past five. Obama has the momentum—ten straight wins will give you that—and the money, he has just doubled Hillary’s ad buy in Ohio. At the moment, Obama is well on the way to the March 4th victories in Hillary’s supposed firewalls of Texas and Ohio that would effectively end the race.
In these circumstances, Hillary has to take risks if she is to turn things round. In the debates on Thursday and Tuesday she has to try and expose Obama’s weaknesses, even if that risks her coming off as small or shrill. She has to attack Obama directly by asking what he has actually achieved. Finally, she is going to have to stress to voters that this is it, if they vote for Obama now he will be the nominee.
The problem with throwing these haymakers is that it leaves her acutely vulnerable to a well delivered uppercut. But if she doesn’t do this, she has no chance of winning.