As we watch the never ending Clinton Camapign every body is asking "Why". Why would she run millions in debt for a lost cause. The pundits are obsessed, understandbly with it. But to my knowledge none has suggested the obvious.
She is positioning herself for 2012 and her firm belief that Obama will lose to McCain. By going the distance she will be able to claim the mantle of Al Gore's 2000 loss to George W Bush. This latest emphasis on her winning the popular vote and electoral votes is quite revealing. By itself it seems to make no sense at all. Certainly it won,t sway the supers. But I do believe there is a method to this "madness". If Hillary truly believes Obama will lose the general election even if she works very hard to help him win this strategy of hers now makes perfect sense. It also justifies Hillary decisions to drag this thing out all the way to the end. If Obama wins she keeps her repution as team member, party leader and a Viable candidate for 0016. If Obama loses she can point back to this primary and her supporters claim she like Gore was robbed. A victim of a flawed out dated primary system where her warnings were ignored and the majorities of Democratic voters were overruled by a politically motivated minority of the party's elites!