In a predictably self-serving and disingenuous assertion, Hillary yesterday was quoted as saying the following:
"Anyone, anyone, who voted for either of us should be absolutely committed to voting for the other because it would be the height of political foolishness to have voted for one of us and what we stand for and then either to stay home or not vote for a Democrat and instead vote for Sen. McCain."
Political foolishness? I say, wishful thinking.
First, it is idiotic for anyone to think that Hillary would garner the votes of the same numbers of African Americans and young people. And all those first-time voters and caucus-goers who previously sat out the process are just not going to support Hillary. You can argue whether this makes sense or not, but this is simple fact.
Second, among the longtime democrats that I speak to often, people who have been in politics for a long time, there is increasingly a sense that Hillary as the nominee is a no-win proposition even if she managed, somehow, to win the presidency. She is the absolute key to a Republican resurgency. Indeed, her acting of late like a latter day Joe Lieberman is the waning edge of what the Republican party wants to be. That is why having McCain as their candidate is such a good idea for the Repugs. He is a one-term President that will allow that party to hit the reset button, just like Obama is trying to do for the Democratic party.
If there is one way to sum up Clinton vs. Obama, it is about her trying to not reset the paradigm, to not move forward into a post-Red/Blue State strategy. So of course she has to try to sell the absurd notion that Obama supporters will vote for her. Some will maybe, but I sure won't. Not in a million years. I won't vote for McCain. I just won't vote.