If Obama wins Wyoming and Mississippi, might Obama, Pennsylvania, the Democratic Pary and the country all be better off?
Assuming Barack wins Wyoming and Mississippi, I suggest he buy some time on Pennsylvania television next Wednesday and give something resembling the following speech:
"Good evening, Pennsylvania Democrats and Americans across the country, I greet you tonight as the presumptive nominee of the Democratic Party. With my victory in Mississippi last night, I have increased my lead in elected delegates over the past two weeks -- including the primaries in Ohio, Texas, Vertmont and Rhode Island. It is now apparent that by the time all of the primaries and caucuses are over in June, I will have significantly more elected delegates, as well as more votes, and more states carried than Senator Clinton. So, absent chicanery or unneeded changes of the rules in mid-stream, I will be the Democratic nominee. With that in mind, I have decided to scale back my efforts in the State of Pennsylvania and concentrate on the business of the country and preparing for the general election and the race against Senator McCain. I will still be traveling on occasion around Pennsylvania because I want to meet you and hear your concerns and discuss the issues, but I will not stoop to making scurrilous attacks, distorting records, engaging in innuendo, and in lying. Senator Clinton has done all of those things of late, but I don't believe such behavior benefits the Democratic party, the state of Pennsylvania, or the country. It only benefits Senator McCain and makes it easier for him to defeat the Democratic candidate for President. Like Senator McCain said of Mike Huckabee, he had every right to challenge Senator McCain and Senator Clinton has the same right to continue her campaign. But the time has come to martial resources for November. Instead of spending millions of dollars attacking a fellow Democrat, I prefer to concentrate on demonstrating the differences between Senator McCain and myself and demonstrating why I should be elected President.
You may see a few commercials from my campaign or from supporters of my candidacy, but I suspect you won't be disappointed to hear that you won't be seeing political commercials day and night. I look forward to meeting many of you and I look forward to becoming your Commander-in-Chief next January. Thank you for your support and God Bless America."
Such an approach simply takes away the underpinnings of HRC's campaing. So what if she wins Pennsylvania 58-42, she'll net only a handfull of delegates and still be way behind. With little or no campaigning, superdelegates shouldn't have any reason to desert Obama and the networks will probably diminish any claims of "momentum." And, who knows, this might resound with the voters and the media.