Let me be blunt: Obama needs to drop out of the race. Seriously. Simply put, his path to the nomination requires him to blow Hillary out of the water in every remaining primary - not by 10 points or even 15, but complete massacres. Obama only has 1616 pledged delegates, which means he needs to win 408 more to secure the nomination. Since there's only 566 winnable delegates left through the rest of the primary season, Obama needs a whopping 72% of the rest of those delegates - and there's nothing in his history to suggest that he can pull such a neat trick off.
And please don't get me started on the superdelegates. If the superdelegates decide to just make Obama the nominee, it would be nothing short of a coup to take over the Democratic Party and impose their will on the rest of us. It would ignite a civil war and ensure that our nightmares of a President McCain would come true.
Further, we have in Hillary Clinton a candidate that is pulling in massive support and raising money at a record pace. In February, Hillary raised $35 million, over 3 times what John McCain managed to raise - and the total raised for each candidate continues that pace, with Hillary's total almost 3 times what McCain has been able to do. Unfortunately, Obama's stubborn refusal to withdraw his nomination means that Hillary has needed to spend this money fighting him instead of focusing on the general election.
I'm also sick of Obama's campaign using GOP tactics to fight Hillary. Sexism is a real problem in this country, and it's unconsciable that a Democrat would stoop to references about "claws" and "feeling down." Then there's the Obama advisor that referred to Hillary as a monster - how much right-wing radio does she listen to, anyway? And now another advisor has compared Bill Clinton to Joe McCarthy. Perhaps next the Obama campaign will start to distribute The Clinton Chronicles at its events. And you've surely read about Gordon Fischer's little joke about Monica Lewinsky. I'm quite sure it was a mistake.
This could have been a good campaign. The Democratic party could have been showcasing intense interest in two very good candidates. Indeed, Obama could have been living up to his self-description as someone who doesn't practice "politics as usual." But it's turned into a nightmare instead.
Senator Obama cannot win the nomination. For the good of the Democratic Party and the country as a whole, he needs to withdraw his candidacy. It's time for this farce to be over.
Note: I've done something here, with this post. I hope you can see it and take a lesson to heart - namely that it's possible, if the numbers are presented from only one side, to make a viable candidate look like a loser. It's time for the liberal blogosphere to take a deep breath and start thinking about all this instead of acting as if seeing one's favored candidate win or lose is the same as one personally winning or losing. Both candidates are good Democrats, and neither of them are John McCain. If you can't see that, there's some serious issues to deal with.
