Why don't they just admit that Obama is lucky they are even letting him participate in the primary.

Also:

MAKE THESE DOUCHEBAGS GO AWAY! Jesus H.

Little Fish says this sounds like Penn is playing with fire.

This is, of course, assuming no-one has seen the PA General Election polls:

SurveyUSA 2/26-28/08 632 RV McCain-40 Obama-50-

SurveyUSA 2/26-28/08 609 RV McCain-46 Clinton-47-

balancing act? uh she fell off that tightrope a long long long time ago.

Shorter Greg Sargent: What it reflects is desperation on the part of the Clinton campaign.

Ok gregg, can you give me one example of the clintons ever "maintaining a posture of loyalty to the larger Democratic cause." Ever?

This stops about a milllionth of an inch short of an out-and-out declaration that Obama can't win a general.

Clinton advisors now say that Obama cannot win the general. Not that Hillary can, but that Obama can't. When pressed on the why, they backtracked, but they have now put it out there. According to Hillary, for some reason, Obama can't win.

Now they need to be pressed on why, and if they offer up their Big State scenario, they need to be asked seriously and persistently, why Democrats that might vote for Hillary would not vote for Obama.

Let's get a real discussion about this one, not just press releases and whispers. My party, and my country could use a bit of disinfecting, and this is as good a time as any to start.

You're all missing the obvious. He has to keep coming up with crap like this to keep getting paid. That's what flacks do for a living.

Michael, the Hillary camp repeatedly says she'll "enthusiastically" back Obama if he's the nominee. Wolfson says it in just about every conference call.

I'd call that "maintaining a posture" of loyalty to the larger Dem cause.

What he means to say is that if Hillary can't win the nomination then they will do everything they can to see that Obama loses to McCain in the general. More of the scorched earth strategy that has become the hallmark of the Clinton campaign.

Good to see you are back into your groove, Greg: posting non-stop spin from Penn, Ickes and Wolfson.

News = taking dictation of the daily talking points in conference calls with these three.

Good boy.

I sincerely hope that all the BOASTING of Hillary WINNING in Pennsylvania and Obama losing will awaken those voters to the bullish nature of Hillary's campaign.

She's so sure of winning she assumes the voters will support her after all that's she's done the past 3-4 wks.

This bragging may come around and hit them in the face with a resounding LOSS.

Come on, the spin itself is interesting, and necessary to see so when you hear it parroted on the nightly news without the frame Greg gives it, you'll know where it came from. Greg's not giving it as fact, merely showing us what they're saying. And "maintaing the posture of loyalty" is hardly a ringing endorsement of loyalty. It is a posture, nothing more. Give Greg a break. Anyway, if he didn't post the spin, what would we have to make fun of?

I heard it said that there are a lot of colleges and universities in Penn.

If so, the youth in that state and surrounding states need to get seriously organized and get out the vote.

I'm a 54 year old white woman who STRONGLY supports Obama. I am middle-aged cynic who feels it is too late to see the changes I would like to see in my life time if younger voters do not become engergized even more than they have already demonstrated.

Young people need to see how truely important this election is for their future. They must now fight the Clinton machine with all their might to keep her from stealing this election.

To other middle-aged white women who support Obama I suggest we stop the "unwritten" rule of not speaking of politics, and start talking to our friends and family about what an Obama presidency could mean as opposed to a Clinton presidency. Hope, mending fences with allies, common sence foreign policy, judgement, and inspiration to challenge and move America forward not backward.

If Hillary really believes that Obama can't win the general election then it makes perfect sense to make that case now. Obviously Obama supporters are going to disagree. We'll see what the Pennsylvania voters say and then the superdelegates will make the final call.

From a reader over at Sullivan's place. It's worth a read and should be forwarded to every super-delegate sitting on the fence.

http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2008/03/the-embarrassin.html

The fact that Hillary has not once gained ground on Obama over time in any state shows that she can't win the GE. She will not have the luxury of being spotted the kind of early advantages she's had in the primaries, as the most favored non-incumbent in US history. Penn's incompetence won't cut it in the GE. Hillary has to hold onto her early advantage in PA to show anything. She really needs a huge blowout. They've thrown the kitchen sink at Obama and still he gained ground on her in Ohio and won in Texas, despite her votes being padded by dittoheads. Furthermore, Obama continues to destroy her in all those "states that don't matter" because Hillary knows that she can't win them, won't compete, won't help downticket Dems, and won't help build the party if she somehow steals the nomination despite losing to Obama according to just about every metric available.

Obama may lose the general, but Hillary Clinton is all but guaranteed to lose the general.

No Democrat can win a national election with nine in ten African American voters vigorously opposed to him or her. Nine in ten African American voters actively oppose Hillary Clinton. It's stunning.

Just a fact.

If she grabs the nomination, Democrats lose. They lose Ohio, certainly: she can't win without urban areas, and they could lose California. Clinton could lose California.

That said, I think they probably hand it to her. Democrats are terrified of the Clintons.

Plus, it's "her turn".