Why Wisconsin counts

Because Obama won by double digits. Because Hillary Clinton did nothing to stem the tide. Because another victory fuels the Obamamentum. Because Wisconsin is milky white and they still voted for him.

With Texas already in a dead heat and the gap closing in Ohio, Camp Clinton should be running to the drugstore for a case of Depends. In an earlier post, I predicted that Clinton would probably go negative, and she did in Wisconsin. It's a clear sign of desperation. Wisconsin counts because Obama took the hits and still got a big win. This bodes well for March 4. Expect the negative attacks to get more ridiculous, more shrill, more snarky. The problem for Clinton though, is the negative attacks might hurt her negativity ratings more than Obama's. Ripping pages from the Mike Dukakis gotcha playbook aint going to cut it.

It's looking like a last stand is shaping up in Texas and Ohio. If Obama can sweep the March 4 states, the party is going to hop on the bandwagon.

Pat Buchanan quipped on MSNBC, it's going to take a deus ex machina for Clinton to get back in the race. It's not over till its over, and it's true that Obama likely can't win the nomination outright without a little help from his superdelegate friends. I don't see any reason why they would side with Hillary in the face of those Obama headwinds. The undeclared supers should side with the will of the electorate.

Until March 4, expect to see a hailstorm of Clinton gotcha bombs. A hard rain's a gonna fall. Twill be ugly and shameful. And potentially embarassing.

If it gets too dirty, I would not be surprised to see someone of stature step forward and endorse Obama to put an end to the silliness. Someone like Al Gore or John Edwards. If enough pols cross over soon enough, the Clinton's could find themselves isolated in a room with the walls closing in.