Letters to the Editor
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Oregon primary should end this race.
Oblivion is a bit strong, but I do think she has little to no chance left anymore to win the nomination, but I do think it should end with Oregon and Kentucky, here's why.
We know that Obama is going to win Oregon and on the same night, Clinton for Kentucky. If she bows out now, Obama will lose West Virgina without her running, which might potentially look bad. So on Monday, the 19th the day before the Oregon/Kentucky primary Obama should get enough supers to his side to show he's about 2010 in delegates. He hasn't won the nomination but after he wins Oregon, he'll go over the 2025 mark. Clinton will win easy in Kentucky but she'll see she can't get the nomination anymore without a bitter fight between them at the convention, which I don't think she really wants anymore (see tonight's speech).
This scenario would allow Obama to win the nomination, which will happen anyway, but also allow Hillary to bow out with a win. She also won't have to spend much campaigning so she can spend some extra time getting some cash to pay off debts. Additionally, I think she's going to be playing nice for the next few weeks anyway because I think deep down she knows it will only do more to hurt her to keep going like she has. This will be great for dems because we can have two candidates taking shots at McCain and not at each other knowing what is inevitable. This also softens the split between the two groups of supporters and then when she has a win and he has a win that puts him over the top, we come together and things are good for fighting McCain.
If something like this doesn't happen, (ie she bows out sooner), then I just don't see how that's good for any of us anymore. We need to stop this fighting and take care of business with McCain. Why aren't we talking about his pastor? Why can't we engage him on Iraq and put him in the hot seat that he knows he'll only squirm in? Can't we hit him up on the economy and a gas tax idea that he doesn't even want to pay for except with more loans for China?