As a strong Obama supporter leaning Democrat (I've given money and volunteered my time for Obama) I have come to the realizaton that he could actually lose the nomination by losing Indiana. Hillary got too good of a bounce out of PA and now with the tour of Rev Wright, Obama is totally on defense. He needs a win in Indiana to change the narrative and put him on offense.
I had hoped the country was ready for an Obama presidency, but instead I think he outfoxed Hillary earlier by running strong in the Caucus states. If she had run a 50 state strategy she would already be the "inevitable" nominee. The "unpatriotic, elite" theme seems to be sticking to Obama. I had hoped he had some teflon like Reagan and Bill Clinton had, but that appears not to be true.
That "can't close the deal" meme is hard to counteract. But winning in Indiana will make him the comeback kid who beat her despite Rev. Wright and will show the country that Obama can defeat Hillary after all.
I also used to think Hillary has too many negatives, but I think she's won over a lot of people with her fighting never give up spirit. She has a lot of women rooting for her and they are the majority. Hillary hasn't stumbled since the Bosnia story. And her attacks on Obama have been effective.
In my last diary, almost 2 months ago, I thought Obama would win and should put Hillary on the ticket.
Well, I've changed my mind. I think the superdelegates will give it to Hillary if she wins Indiana and she will offer the VP slot to Obama. Whether he will accept it or not is another matter, but she should agree to offer it to him in exchange for the nomination.
I guess this diary is going to tick off a lot of other Obama supporters here, but am I the only one who thinks that whoever wins the Indiana primary will be the nominee?