Hillary Clinton couldn’t have picked a worse analogy last week, when she referred to the upcoming Kentucky Derby by exhorting voters to “bet on the filly.” Eight Belles was expected to place second, which she did, so at best it was an unwise comparison. Even the winning horse’s name, Big Brown, could be construed as a reference to Obama. But to have the filly break both of her front legs, and then be euthanized on the track, made Hillary’s analogy seem as though she had tempted fate. Yet she refuses to take the hint, and she’s now demanding the votes from Michigan and Florida be validated.
The obvious inference for Hillary to take from the horse race is she should drop out before the finish, or face potentially fatal political consequences. Hillary could kill her political future by hurting the Democrats’ odds for winning the White House. If Obama loses in November, Hillary will get her share of the blame, along with the destructive, to himself and others, Jeremiah Wright.
I’m amused by this article in Time. “Five Mistakes Clinton Made” makes it sound as though if Hillary had done more of this, and less of that, she’d be OK now. Perhaps, but I don’t think so. Despite all of the various tactics and maneuvering, and the Republicans who voted for Hillary in the Democratic primaries where that’s allowed, isn’t it possible that Obama is simply the candidate that more Democrats want?