GBCPrimary: It's not a matter of if, It's a matter of when.

I've had about all I can take, and I will now take my leave of dKos until this primary is over. I'll see you in the General. But I will leave you with this as my parting primary shot:

Tonight, I was surfing Politico and came upon a gem: Mr. Super had posted again.

http://www.mrsuper.org/...

This time, he shared a bit of  information  that should come as no surprise to many of us:

There is a lot of debate going on over on private DNC member listserves tonight.  The main issue is a) do we make our leanings known now or b) do we wait until all of the states have had an opportunity to vote?

The supers are decided. They aren't taking second looks.

Bottom line: the superdelegates are just hoping for HRC to fall on her sword  so that they don't have to run her through.

There is no magical democrat that wins every primary. The only time that happens is when there are no truly contested primaries. We scrapped that stupid system in which the winner of Iowa and NH won the nomination, and rightly so.

That is the only reason why he isn't winning, despite the money advantage. You can't change name recognition. You can't change longtime demographics.

But I challenge anyone to show me one state in which Hillary makes the inroads on the level that Senator Obama does, just one. You can't do it.

Hillary was never going to lose PA. I never thought Obama would take it. I don't think most Obama supporters thought he would.  

Barack Obama's job was to not let Hillary reap a huge number of delegates, and he did it. She's not gonna get more than 10-12.

Mission Accomplished.  

The rest is spin. Hillary's entire candidacy rests on spin, which is really just a generous way of saying that she is lying to herself and the American people about her chances. And the media, desperate for ratings, is more than happy to play along.

The reality is that she has been running in place since the Wisconsin primary.

That was on Feb. 19. Today is April 23rd.

And she will not likely get any closer than it is right now. The supers will wipe out any delegates she gets from WV and KY, easy.

That is two months that she has stolen from the Democratic party and their ability to fundraise, define John McCain and come together over the 95% that we have in common.

She owes us two election year months.

And now HRC and her supporters are gonna tell me that the fact that Obama doesn't step into her fetid little gutter suggests that there cause for the dreaded  "concern"?

Save it for someone who has equal unconcern for reality.

•  I'll trade all my tips for

  Obama and Clinton supporters frolicking on the White House lawn.

  by jkennerl on Wed Apr 23, 2008 at 12:31:57 AM PDT

  •  When cannot come soon enough!

    It is time for the Supers to step up.

    by humphrey on Wed Apr 23, 2008 at 12:36:28 AM PDT

  •  Good points. Good rant. n/t

    by x on Wed Apr 23, 2008 at 02:06:18 AM PDT

    •  Glad you liked it. But I fucking quit. nt

      by jkennerl on Wed Apr 23, 2008 at 02:07:56 AM PDT

      •  Why? nt

        by Same As It Ever Was on Wed Apr 23, 2008 at 04:54:18 AM PDT

•  The supers are ooking for cover.

  Unfortunately, I don't know if the PA results give them that. Hillary can't and won't win, but unfortunately, the PA results probably mean that the supers don't get the cover they would like until the NC/IN primaries.

  by pointsoflight on Wed Apr 23, 2008 at 12:38:00 AM PDT

  •  ooking=looking :)

    by pointsoflight on Wed Apr 23, 2008 at 12:38:30 AM PDT

  •  well, according to Obama's email tonight...

    ...his campaign is expecting the negative tone of the HRC campaign to worsen.  He also mentioned for the first time having to compete against Hillary and McCain.

    How destructive does it have to become before super delegates step in and stop it?  

    by Quicksilver2723 on Wed Apr 23, 2008 at 01:41:51 AM PDT

•  a question of when indeed,

  and how much further damage is done, and whether any of it can be undone before November.

  Clinton is not doing the Democratic party any good at all at this point.  Worse, she has to know that.

  by American in Kathmandu on Wed Apr 23, 2008 at 01:02:01 AM PDT

•  That's a lot of BS

  If you think Supers aren't worried about Obama's inability to close the deal, then you're fooling yourself.  

  Obama now has a reduced margin for error.  If NC becomes a narrow race and he loses in Indiana, all bets are off for the Obama bandwagon.  If he can't win decisively in North Carolina, May is going to be a very bad month for the Obama campaign.  

  by khyber900 on Wed Apr 23, 2008 at 01:42:03 AM PDT

  •  that reduced margin of error...

    ..to which you refer with respect to Obama is a much steeper climb for HRC, wouldn't you agree?

    by Quicksilver2723 on Wed Apr 23, 2008 at 01:43:46 AM PDT

  •  It's the media's fault

    If Obama can't "close the deal," it's only because all these low information voters believe that Hillary still has a dog in this race.  If the corporate media would stop perpetuating the myth that this is a close contest, then we could move foward to the general.  Unfortunately, the media would just as well tear our party apart for their ratings.  And those of you who continue to support Clinton would just as well tear our party apart instead of facing reality.  I know it must be heartbraking--but deal with it!

    by PixyStyx on Wed Apr 23, 2008 at 02:03:56 AM PDT

  •  Look what you and your people have done

    Look what banal evil you have visited on this campaign.

    You should be proud.

    by jkennerl on Wed Apr 23, 2008 at 02:09:39 AM PDT

•  Hillary Clinton

  Hillary Clinton is a lyer and blows chunks

  by freshman22 on Wed Apr 23, 2008 at 01:47:05 AM PDT

•  If Hillary cant get out of a losing primary

  how can she get us out of a losing war?  Think about it.  She'd have us in Iraq for 200 years!

  by MNBob on Wed Apr 23, 2008 at 05:43:54 AM PDT