The reason why FLOTUS (a.k.a. the Tulza Tiger) is still a convincing contender in this race is because her team has successfully re-written the narrative after every defeat.
Before every contest Hillary claims X will happen and it doesn't. But they swiftly say, after the contest, that they expected non-X, in fact non-X means victory.
For example, she won Ohio but lost Texas. Before those primaries, we were told - by pundits, and Hillary people alike - that she had to win big to stay in the race. Well she didn't win big, in fact she lost half, yet her group reframed Ohio-Texas as confirmation that she must keep fighting.
And who can forget the reframing - still ongoing - of Michigan and Florida.
What needs to be done NOW, before Pennsylvania, is for the DNC and the Associated Uncommitted Superdelegates Inc. to state clearly that if Hillary gets X in Pennsylvania, then she's still viable, and if it's non-X they want her to drop out.
If past performance is any indication, she will not get X and the pressure to step down will be hard for her to deny.
Cross-posted at Balloon Juice
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
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