Obama's Math Problem

Marie Cocco at WaPo writes about unmentionable's (I know, he's mentioned in the headline) caucus and primary wins show exactly why Hillary is the stronger candidate in the general election:

"Hillary Clinton is not the only Democrat with a math problem. But the arithmetical difficulty that Barack Obama faces is fundamentally different from Clinton's: She doesn't have the numbers that plot a clear path to the nomination. He doesn't have the numbers that plot a clear path to a Democratic victory in the fall...

"There is a reason some states are called general election 'battlegrounds.' It is because partisan identification is roughly even, or because certain groups in the electorate, such as Catholics, Hispanics or blue-collar whites, switch their allegiances -- or split their votes. That's why Clinton made so much in her victory speech about the 'bellwether' nature of Ohio: 'It's a battleground state. It's a state that knows how to pick a president. And no candidate in recent history, Democrat or Republican, has won the White House without winning the Ohio primary,' she said.

"There is no papering over the depth of the problem Obama faced there. He won only five of the state's 88 counties, an inauspicious foundation for a general election campaign. Clinton trounced him among Catholic voters, 63 percent-36 percent, according to exit polls. She beat him among voters in every income category and bested him by 14 points among those making less than $50,000 annually..."

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The Times of London, "They Must Go for Hillary Clinton"

Anatole Kaletsky at the Times of London argues that Our Lady is the one for the job.

She's the one we've been waiting for

thanks to voxdixit at crapbuiltonlies for this image

Above it all he ain't (is that colloquial enough to use on the trail, in preacher voice?)

Apparently the unmentionable's staff really does assrape the press, and some don't love him for it. 

Oink

Don' get me wrong about pork (as in barrel spending--I'm vegan after all), but the unmentionable certainly loves a good earmark, fried. When will hopetards start the self mutilation out of despair? Oh, March 4. 

I miss grass. Sometimes

(hopetards: when unmentionable loses, feel free to take a break from your arms to help an old lady w/her lawn)

Hopetards bend over (Nafta Shafta)

Apparently the unmentionable's campaign dispatched senior economic advisor Austin Goolsbee to soothe Canadian Government fears that he was articulating an anti-NAFTA position, despite the fact that he is. "Don't listen to all of that," Goolsbee said. "It's just talk." (ok, I'm paraphrasing for you.)

Thank you to AP's Nedra Pickler for blowing the lid off by obtaining the smoking-gun Canadian Gov. memo and filing this extensive report.

And to Jake Tapper (we heart him, at least briefly) for his post and inspiring headline on ABC's Political Punch, which sums it up this way:

"The Obama campaign over the weekend falsely claimed the CTV story had been 'retracted.' It has not.

And in fact, the story seems today more alive than ever. That is, if the press does its job. If."

Will Hopetards still love him tomorrow?