Clinton’s latest straw-clutching

Dan Drezner asks whether the Clinton campaign’s arguments can be reconciled logically:

Over the past few days, the Clinton campaign has made the following two arguments:  a)  Caucuses don’t really count as much as primaries because, “the caucus system is undemocratic and caters mostly to party activists.” b)  The superdelegates — which consist only of party activists — should not follow the primary results but instead, “should make an independent decision based on who they thought would be the strongest candidate and president.” 

Well, no, they can’t. More interesting than the obvious contradictions at play here, is the fact that these arguments are even being made. It’s another sign, I think, of the Clinton campaign’s increasing desperation. There’s a whiff of panic about this, a sense of self-pitying pleading that it’s just not fair that Clinton is losing.