Monday, March 03, 2008

Sorta Stupid Really

I guess conventional wisdom at this point (true or not) is that if Clinton wins the popular votes in Texas and Ohio then she'll stay in the race, no matter what the delegate count.

I think candidates can stay in the race as long as they want, though I do think they all have an increasing obligation to keep criticisms responsible for the sake of the general, but I'm not sure I understand this particular line in the sand. If, say, Clinton wins Ohio, wins Texas by 1 point, but loses Texas in the delegates, is this really different from the same situation except with her losing Texas by one point? It doesn't really seem to make any difference. I'm not trying to encourage her to drop out, I'm just not sure why that particular hurdle (if true) is meaningful.