HRC Ridiculously Claims Popular Vote Lead

One of the most annoying things about the Hillary Campaign is the way they constantly make arguments that insult people's intelligence.  Here is the latest from First Read:

From NBC's John Boxley
EN ROUTE TO INDIANA -- The new spin we are hearing from the Clinton campaign today is that more people have now cast votes for Clinton than Obama, when you include MI and FL AND exclude the caucuses which Obama has dominated. (See earlier post on the popular vote logic.)

Sure, when you factor out like half the states, a state where Obama wasn't on the ballot, and a state where he didnt campaign, HRC is dominating!

Why does her campaign keep doing this? Seriously, does she think people are that dumb? Is it to give cover to potential superdelegate supporters who think people are that dumb? Well, in a triumph of common decency, her own supporters aren't even buying it:

What we wrote: "That new popular vote total (not counting FL or MI) has Obama leading Clinton, 49%-47%. For those keeping score, that's a difference of 483,129. ... So those remaining contests, per this conservative projection, bring Obama’s popular vote lead to 515,629. If you add Florida, that gives Clinton almost another 300,000 more. So you if you include the Sunshine State, Obama will still lead her by about 215,000 popular votes. No wonder Clinton herself decided to start talking about Michigan again, because she can't "win" the popular vote without it. The problem: Even many Clinton supporters believe it’s not a valid measurement."