Frontrunning Obama

Posted at 3:24 pm on Monday, February 11, 2008, in Uncategorized, and tagged 2008.

Following this past weekend’s clean sweep by Barack Obama, the tide has officially turned, and Obama must be considered the front-runner. And with Obama seemingly set to steal the night tomorrow evening in the Chesapeake Primary, the storyline is clear: Obama will be the nominee.

Of course, everyone will tell you (and that other guy, too), that this doesn’t mean Hillary can stage a comeback. But that is not the truth. They are just saying that so you’ll listen or watch or read them tomorrow, the next day, and the next day. Without the race, all we’ve got is a barnful of horses.

If Obama wins big tomorrow evening, and if nothing changes (besides a campaign director or two) in the Clinton camp, and there is not a tectonic shift in the electorate or news-cycle as we hit March 4, the next big primary date (Ohio and Texas), Obama will secure the nomination that evening. Maybe not by delegate count, but he’ll certainly have the defined momentum and the overall national feeling that he has, in deed, won the race, forcing Clinton to bow out the following day.

That’s right, the March 5th headline will be: “Obama Wins Night; Clinton To Concede Nomination.”

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