My subject line was just supposed to say Hillary Clinton, lol.  The give it a rest part was meant to be a response to some other person in the open thread. hah, up all night folks.

With that interpretation I can agree. People are not ready to call it a day yet.

Yep she was up 20 points two weeks ago, lost half of that in Ohio and basically had a draw in Texas

this primary doesn't translate into the GE.  Clinton ain't McCain.  Whats true about what you said is people voted their fears.  When people vote their fears we get GWB or something very much like it.  There is still a lot of voting to go.  I hope that Hillary's slash and burn politics won't work for the rest of this primary.

Funny, enough the counties where Hillary won are the counties where no Democrat wins in November. This is the micro-version of Clinton's argument that Obama only wins in red states that Obama cannot win. The problem is that these Hillary voters in, say, West Texas or rural Ohio will be swamped by McCain voters in those same counties - the same margin as Kerry, probably. But the metropolitan areas - urban and suburban - could turn the race to the Democrats. Can Hillary count on large African American turnout anymore? Can Hillary count on educated suburban Democrats who voted for Obama - both Democrats and Independents?

The only argument in Hillary's favor re: Ohio is the obvious power of Ted Strickland in the Appalachian counties. Hillary Clinton is a stronger candidate in Appalachia vis-a-vis McCain than Obama. But is that the case anywhere outside Appalachia?

That's certainly not what I meant to imply. When I said I thought the advantage goes to Limbaugh, I simply meant that a drawn out Democratic primary contest will serve Limbaugh's interests as it gives him an easy source of content to draw from.

I linked to that article because I also think that McCain and the Republicans will benefit from a drawn out primary. In fact, I think this is largely playing into the Republican plan. Romney, I suspect (and I'm not the only one), dropped out after pressure from the GOP leadership who saw the opportunity to solidify support behind a single candidate and build  coalitions among centrist/independent groups more easily if the Democrats were divided in their primary. Romney clearing the way for McCain did that, and a continued Democratic primary simply gives the Republicans more time to work on their campaign.

That's not to say that I think either Clinton or Obama should stand aside. If I were advising either candidate, I would tell them to stay in - that's what's best for either candidate at this point. But to pretend that the Republicans aren't going to take the advantage of having the Democrats split for a while longer is to underestimate the Republican campaign machine.

Sorry it took me so long to reply, I'm at IPDI all day and couldn't seem to login from my blackberry. At any rate, I hope this clarifies my post.