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Sunday, March 30th, 2008...9:08 pm

Clinton - In It Until The End?

Everyone paying attention (and I salute you who are not) has heard that Senator Clinton has declared that she intends to remain in the campaign for the democratic nomination until the bitter end.

The Washington Post quotes Clinton as saying:

“I have no intention of stopping until we finish what we started and until we see what happens in the next 10 contests and until we resolve Florida and Michigan. And if we don’t resolve it, we’ll resolve it at the convention — that’s what credentials committees are for.

“We cannot go forward until Florida and Michigan are taken care of, otherwise the eventual nominee will not have the legitimacy that I think will haunt us,” said the senator from New York. “I can imagine the ads the Republican Party and John McCain will run if we don’t figure out how we can count the votes in Michigan and Florida.”

I don’t believe it. I think Clinton is putting on a brave face in hopes that her Pennsylvania supporters, and those in other upcoming state primaries, don’t defect.

After all, her campaign is in the red, her public approval rating is at its lowest point since 2001, and Obama continues to roll up unpledged (so called super) delegate endorsements. The Wall Street Journal is reporting this evening:

WASHINGTON — Slowly but steadily, a string of Democratic Party figures is taking Barack Obama’s side in the presidential nominating race and raising the pressure on Hillary Clinton to give up.

Sen. Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota is expected to endorse Sen. Obama Monday, according to a Democrat familiar with her plans. Meanwhile, North Carolina’s seven Democratic House members are poised to endorse Sen. Obama as a group — just one has so far — before that state’s May 6 primary, several Democrats say.

I have read and heard quite a number of pundits opine that Clinton will destroy the democratic party in pursuit of the nomination, to which she seemingly thinks she’s entitiled. I suspect Clinton will see through the election in Pennsylvania; and, if she does better than expected, may even continue on to the next few states.

In the end, Clinton will give it up and encourage her supporters to vote for Obama; and Obama will win the general election in November.

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