Slate: "The Hillary Deathwatch", a new "Clintometer" measuring her

[featherman]

sinking chances of winning the Democratic nomination. Currently at a "generous" 12%. From the folks who brought you the "Saddamometer" and the "Gonzo-meter".

"Hillary Clinton is as good as dead. This became the consensus over the past week, when the media awoke en masse to the dual reality that 1) Clinton can't close the pledged-delegate gap and 2) Obama has her beat in the popular vote. But the Clinton campaign shows no signs of slowing—she said herself she's prepared to compete for at least three more months."

http://www.slate.com/id/2187558/

[tekisui]

1. She is in growing debt, with no immediate chances of increasing

frundraising.

Look out McLame. You're next!

[PylesMalfunction]

2. I'm no fan of Hillary...

but I think the name of this is really tacky. Couldn't they call it her campaign deathwatch?

[featherman]

3. I agree... and I almost renamed it for them in my post... I don't like the tone

[FrenchieCat]

4. I wrote to them.....because that's not required......

the name is just not funny or helps anyone, including Barack Obama.

They could have called it something else. Any suggestions?

[featherman]

5. Not as "cutesy" but better: "Clinton Campaign Deathwatch" or "The

Sinking of the USS Clinton"

[40ozDonkey]

6. Hillageddon?

[Swamp Rat]

7. McCain is a broken clock with no arms.

He's never right.

[nichomachus]

8. McCain

McCain disproves the theory that even a stopped clock is right twice a day.

[IamyourTVandIownyou]

9. Go ahead, waste another $5MM of your own $

But, you better release those tax returns soon, so we can see how you made all of that $.

[powergirl]

10. Actually, there is an updated "Deathwatch" which reduced her chances from 12% to 10.3%

"Friday was not kind to Hillary Clinton. Based on Deathwatch's top-secret morbidity formula, Hillary tanked on four metrics today, reducing her chances of winning the nomination by 1.7 points to 10.3 percent.

"The nastiest news for Clinton is in the polls. She has drifted eight points behind Obama in a national Gallup survey—the first time that she has trailed Obama by a statistically significant margin since the Rev. Wright imbroglio. Every point she loses in the national polls pushes her a bit closer to Davy Jones' locker.

"In Pennsylvania, she suffered a setback in her efforts to win endorsements and superdelegates when Sen. Bob Casey endorsed Obama even though he said he was staying neutral in the race. Casey comes from a long political lineage that is well-known in the eastern part of the state and among Catholic Pennsylvanians. Rubbing salt in the wound, Obama said he didn't even court Casey's support—he entered the House of Obama on his own volition."

http://www.slate.com/id/2187679/