Just a couple of points from an Obama supporter in the interest of clarity of thought. 1. Just because Rove thinks Hillary is the easiest candidate to beat doesn't mean he's right. 2. Even if she is the easiest to beat, that doesn't mean she can't win.

And now, moving on to the personal opinion section of my post,

I think he's doing it because he views it as a no-lose scenario for the GOP. He does think she's the easiest to beat. However, if she wins, Turblossom thinks a Hillary Presidency is the best chance of resurrecting the version of the Republican Party, based on vitriol and fearmongering and division, he has nurtured for years now. He's rather have the win, but, just as generals prepare to fight the last war, Rove, and the rest of them, are almost looking forward to Clinton War II. Indeed, in a weird way, the members of the V.R.C. are showing every sign of being nostalgic about the good old days of witchhunting and hysteria.

In case no one's been watching, they're already dusting off all the old libels and tuning them up on Fox. ("Tonight on Hannity and Colmes, as Hillary stands poised on the brink of victory, we revisit the saga of Vince Foster, Hillary's lesbian lover who was murdered in the White House Travel Office with a box of missing billing records to cover up damaging disclosures over Hillary's profits in the cattle future markets that she made while Bill was getting a blowjob. Ahhhhhh, that was great. Got a cigarette, Alan?")

If Obama wins, they have to invent a whole bunch of brand new insane s**t to say on Fox from scratch, with no guarentee it works. If Obama wins, there is even the very frightening prospect that the old ways will fail and they have to drop back and actually deal with the moral and intellectual bankruptcy in the Republican Party that's been glaringly obvious since, at least, the Schiavo debacle. Nothing scares the modern Republican more than the spectre of introspection.

And, of course, in their fever-deranged minds, if Edwards wins, its the Revolution and they're all going up against the wall anyway.

Posted at August 20, 2007 4:38 PM in response to Karl Rove Quickie