Clinton hurting Obama (and the Party) over a 5 percent chance

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New York Times columnist David Brooks gives Hillary Clinton only a 5 percent chance of being able to win the nomination, now that there won’t be revotes in the Florida and Michigan primaries and she is steadily losing superdelegates. Yet for that 5 percent chance, here’s what Brooks says Clinton is going to put her party through:

“For three more months (maybe more!) the campaign will proceed along in its Verdun-like pattern,” he wrote. “There will be a steady rifle fire of character assassination from the underlings, interrupted by the occasional firestorm of artillery when the contest touches upon race, gender or patriotism.”

This all benefits John McCain. Brooks wrote: “McCain’s approval ratings have soared 11 points. He is now viewed positively by 67 percent of Americans. A month ago, McCain was losing to Obama among independents by double digits in a general election matchup. Now McCain has a lead among this group.

“For three more months, Clinton is likely to hurt Obama even more against McCain, without hurting him against herself. And all this is happening so she can preserve that 5 percent chance.”

http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2008/03/clinton-hurting-obama-over-a-5-percent-chance/

he's on with Tim discussing this now.
says she needs to "huckabee" her campaign, make it less harmful to the eventual nominee. becuase shes only helping mccain with her low attacks.