First time in election history the press has withdrawn from the race before the candidate

[dkf]

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Hillary wins — does anybody care?
By ROGER SIMON | 5/13/08 9:58 PM EST

If a tree falls in the forest when everybody expects it to fall, does it make a sound?

Yes, says Hillary Clinton. It makes a deafening roar, says Hillary Clinton.

SHE WON THE WEST VIRGINIA PRIMARY BY A KAZILLION PERCENTAGE POINTS TUESDAY NIGHT, AND THAT, SHE SAYS, HAS TO MEAN SOMETHING!

Except the press doesn’t think so. The press is unimpressed. This may be the first time in election history in which the press has withdrawn from a race before the candidate.

As John Harwood of the New York Times and CNBC said on MSNBC Tuesday several hours before the polls closed, “The headline tomorrow will be: ‘Hillary Clinton Wins Big in West Virginia; Democratic Party Yawns.’”

Wrong! says the Clinton campaign. The party is not yawning, the party is finally waking up to the fact that Barack Obama is a loser!

As Howard Wolfson, Clinton’s communications director, said Tuesday: “I think superdelegates who have been moving toward Barack Obama in the last week are going to wake up tomorrow and say, ‘I’m a little concerned about the fact that our nominee, presumptive nominee, can’t win West Virginia. I’m a little concerned that he can’t win Pennsylvania or Ohio, or Michigan, or Florida.’”

To which the Obama campaign says: “What, us worry?”

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0508/10332.html

[anonymous171]

1. Good Article.

[Liquorice]

2. It certainly isn't the first time the press has chosen our candidate. nt

[FrenchieCat]

6. When one goes to college to get a journalism degree, you must have

taken some math classes as well. It appears that they may not do so well in journalism, but they have got the math down pat.

[skipos]

7. They were working overtime for Hillary a few months ago

Remember when Matthews would ask "who is the GOP going to run against Hillary?" I understand saying that candidate won't win when they won't (Huckabee, Hillary, etc), but the whole "Hillary has won before a vote has been cast" thing was a bit ridiculous.

[The_Casual_Observer]

3. Press doesn't know what to do next.

They're looking out for the next OJ case or LA earthquake.

[Occam Bandage]

4. First time in a while a major candidate refused to drop out after becoming unviable.

[Triana]

5. "can't win Michigan"? HE WASN'T ON THE BALLOT IN MICHIGAN!

GOD these people are idiots - and they apparently think everyone ELSE is, too. Pffft!

[democracy1st]

8. I thought only BIG states mattered lol

[catnhatnh]

9. And then, with tears in his eyes,...

...he asked, "how many men in a Kazillion?".....