I haven’t seen this posted yet, if someone already has let me know and I’ll delete. The Wall Street Journal has finally printed the words that we have known were true for quite some time, Barack Obama is the Democratic Nominee. More after the jump.
I was just about to head to bed when I came across this little nugget. Daniel Henninger, of WSJ, echoes the sentiment of the fact-based, math-doing electorate; Hillary Clinton can continue her campaign, but in reality it’s all over. It doesn’t mater what happened in PA, nor does it matter what happens in the remaining 9 contests. The writing is on the wall. It’ll be Obama vs. McCain in November.
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A few choice quotes:
"No matter how many kicks the rest of us find in such famously fun primary states as Indiana and South Dakota, it's going to be McCain versus Obama in 2008.
I believe the cement set around the Clinton coffin last Friday. The Obama campaign announced it had received the support of former Sens. Sam Nunn of Georgia and David Boren of Oklahoma."
Henninger later goes on to say:
"The biggest event was the Clinton Abandonment. In a campaign of surprises, none has been more breathtaking than the falling away of Clinton supporters, loyalists . . . and friends. Why?
Money. Barack Obama's mystical pull on people is nice, but nice in modern politics comes after money. Once Barack proved conclusively that he could raise big-time cash, the Clintons' strongest tie to their machine began to unravel. Today he's got $42 million banked. She's got a few million north of nothing.
But it's more than that. Barack Obama's Web-based fund-raising apparatus is, if one may say so, respectable. The Clintons' "donor base" has been something else.
I love accurate, factual journalism. I can now go to bed happy.
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