When political historians look back on the election of 2008 and how Hillary blew her veritable coronation there will be no moment defined as her Waterloo. And while she may not end her campaign on Tuesday, it will, if all indicators are correct, effectively end nonetheless. It appears as though the phenomenon known as B. Hussein Obama will continue his teflon glide and Hillary will have her doughy backside spanked yet again. But there is no woodshed to protect her modesty, pundits, political insiders, the media and many others are reveling in her humiliation.
Hillary's key to winning was simple, eviscerate her Democrat opponents in typical Clinton/Carville style and get the nomination on Super Duper Tuesday, then begin to roll out plan after plan and set the agenda for November while reminding everyone how evil Republicans are and how horribly Bush failed America while the GOP nominees all fought it out until June before choosing their Presidential candidate. She would have had a four month lead in setting the table before the GOP attended the banquet.
But she forgot one thing, she had to win first. So she kissed up to her competitors, telling everyone how wonderful and qualified her opponents for the DNC nomination were. And then she jumped into talking about how bad Bush is, and how bad Republicans are, in effect making Obama's slogan of change appealing, while operating under the delusion that her victory was a given and she did not have to campaign, as though she were above it.
The nomination was hers to win, especially with the "idiot proof" super delegate system in place. But when it appeared that there was an option to Hillary the super delegates began slowly dropping her like a bad habit and getting on the B. Hussein Express. Even if she does well and wins, or if she gets enough delegates in these split states to stay within striking distance Hillary will be pressure to drop her pursuit of the nomination by the DNC. The highly undemocratic super delegate system will be the way the candidate is picked if it remains close, and the power brokers don't want that to become as issue. The Democrats always cry about disenfranchising voters, but the super delegates and unseating delegates for "breaking party rules" are blatantly robbing people who vote in the primaries of their voice. (Which is why I hate the blatant hypocrisy of the Democrat party and am proud to call myself a recovering Democrat.)
But I digress...
When an autopsy is performed on the Election of 2008 I believe most political scientists and pundits will agree that the reason for Hillary's demise was her failure to attack Obama early and often, sticking to the issues, and her penchant for attacking Bush and the GOP when she was not running against them, but against Obama. And when she saw the "change" issue worked it was too late, and when she started repeating it instead of diverting attention away from Obama's campaign it made her look like his biggest cheerleader, especially the way she said how much respect she had for her Democrat opponents before each debate. Her downfall was never running against Obama.
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