Apr 22
Closing The Deal
I almost spilled my coffee when I heard Hillary Rodham Clinton say today that if Barack Obama doesn’t win Pennsylvania, people should start to ask why he can’t close the deal.
After the near catastrophe, I stood there watching the screen, waiting for the laughter I assume she would then offer, confirming that it was, indeed, some joke.
Because for Clinton to suggest that people should ask why Obama can’t close the deal is a big joke.
The same question should be applied to her, a candidate regarded as a “shoe-in” for years, before most people had ever even heard of Barack Obama. A candidate who has been trailing for most of the campaign. A candidate who is hoping to hang on with just enough popular vote so she can make the case that she should get the nomination to special voters in a highly-dishonest system known as “super delegates” that is designed to produce the nominee “they” want, no matter who “we” vote for.
With all her experience, including single-handedly dodging gunfire in Bosnia, she should have been able to close the deal by Super Tuesday.
So what’s her excuse?
