Bill Clinton said this pitiful thing over the holiday:
And there is another Electoral College poll that I saw yesterday had her over 300 electoral votes. ... She will win the general election if you nominate her. They're just trying to make sure you don't."
The shadowy "they" does not exist. It's pretty clear that either Hillary or Obama could beat curmudgeonly McCain. The Republicans got a really weak hand this year. Edwards could beat him, too.
Bill - it's not about winning, it's about leading. Who do people want to lead them? People want Obama more than Hillary.
Hillary represents the old politics of dirty tricks, division, denial, and spin. Obama is a fresh start. He's not running just to win the prize. It's not a race to him. He's not playing into the narrative of the media. He's running for the job itself. He wants to lead the country to a better place. He wants to change politics and make it represent the people better.
The system is broken. It's been so tilted in favor of the oligarchy, the special interests, that the wheels are starting to come off. Our future is at stake.
It's clear the Clinton's can't see this. They are invested in the system as it is. Obama sees the possibilities for change and has a clear vision of how to get there. It's systemic, not policy-driven. You change the people in charge and the way money flows into the system, and the system corrects. Not enough people want to keep things going the way they are. And that's what Hillary represents to too many people.