John_Schwada's Blog

Hillary Clinton is like the relentless, indestructible cyborg in the Terminator movies. Just when it seems she's been totally pulverized, she picks herself up, sticks a new eyeball in her head, re-wires her robotic arm, reassembles her molecules, and plunges forward, hale, healthy and lethal.

Now, it looks like her case for the super-delegates to de-value and disregard Barack Obama's lead in delegates/popular vote is getting better and better every day.

Look at the polls: Gallup and Reuters/Zogby this week show she's opened up a lead on Obama, among Democrats nationally.

What if the polls start showing Clinton NOW would beat Obama in states that Obama previously won - like Missouri or Connecticut or Iowa? That Democrats in those states were having buyer's remorse? What if the polls consistently showed Clinton would do better against the GOP's John McCain than Obama?

You better believe Clinton would seize on such developments to persuasively argue that Obama's super-delegates should reconsider. You can hear Clinton saying: "Yes, your constituents voted for Obama in February - but what about NOW, after Obama has been beat up by controversies about Rev. Jeremiah Wright, NAFTA-Canada, commander-in-chief doubts? Are your constituents still backing Obama? Does it make sense to back Obama if the polls NOW show I have a better chance of beating McCain than Obama does? Are you guys ready to commit political hari-kari?"

No wonder, Hillary's hanging on, not conceding defeat. It's a long way to the Democratic convention, plenty of time for multiple political lightening strikes.