This is really going to happen, and I still can’t believe my eyes. A major American political party is about to nominate this twit. Not only that, the Democrats are going to go with Obama.
All kidding aside, Obama’s effectively clinching the nomination has these two lessons:
(1) We all though of the Clintons, and Clinton, Inc., as this invincible, omnipotent, well-greased political machine. As it turns out, they weren’t nearly as powerful as we thought they were. The only reason they ever seemed powerful is that their opponents were George H.W. Bush (1992), Bob Dole (1996), and the slap-happy Stupid Party in general (impeachment saga et al.). Those aren’t very high bars to flop over.
(2) Pat Buchanan warned us several months ago that Democrat Party superdelegates are not the kind of people that like to “ride to the Alamo,” i.e. to pick a fight. If Obama won more pledged delegates from primaries and caucuses than Hillary, PJB warned us, the supers would line up behind him over her. And that’s precisely what happened after the last primaries this past Tuesday. Even with MI and FL, Obama had more delegates, so the supers broke for him big-time starting Wednesday.
