Simple Math

After Hillary’s surprise (for some not me) victories in Ohio and Texas there has been a lot of post-shock spinning going on. After Hillary was out advertised and out spent in Texas and Ohio by more than 2 to 1, Hillary still pulled out a double digit victory in OH and a huge upset in the Texas primaries. I have noticed a lot of spinning on the Obama side trying to minimize the implications of these upsets and even heard claims that there was no damage done (that it’s all psychological).

In fact the minute OH and TX were called for Hillary I could hear Obama enthusiasts dizzyingly punching away on their delegate math calculators trying to reassure themselves that Obama is unbeatable and that nothing in the world has changed. All of this spinning is based on what the media and Obama fans are calling delegate math. The Obama campaign and fans are running for their delegate math calculators in order to take refuge from a plain and simple reality, brought to them by the voters. The reality of course is that Hillary is still viable and she can still win the Democratic nomination.

I don’t care how many ways you analyze the math. The point is Hillary is in and she can still win the nomination. Now, I am no math genius, but the simple reality is that it takes 2025 to clench the nomination (at the moment) and neither one of them has it. End of story and simple as pie.

Now which camp is clinging to hope and ignoring the cold, hard, facts?

Haha!

Pardon me for being amused that Hillary keeping 3 points out of an initial 20+ point lead is a “huge upset.” Oh, and any way you cut it, Obama made up the ground and then some in the TX caucus.