Expectation And Dread

John Brummett has been writing about Bill and Hillary Clinton for quite some time. He's even authored a book about the Clinton presidency. And he both expects and dreads a Clinton comeback. He points out that the Clinton's political obituary has been written over and over and over. And yet, they manage to come back on the fourth and long situations. 

So let me try to give them some encouragement: Hillary lives by three factors, mainly.

One is that the imminent slowdown in the pace of primaries or caucuses will temper Obama's streak and give her a chance to get up from the mat and dust herself off. A movement needs to keep moving, and the reduced pace of events will decelerate the Barack surge.

There will be only Wisconsin and Hawaii for Hillary to lose next week, most likely. Then there'll be a two-week respite before she puts everything on the line in Ohio and Texas, where, still, demographics and odds are in her favor.

The second factor is something one of the talking heads said smartly Tuesday night. It's that the stirring outcomes from Virginia, Maryland and the District of Columbia made Obama the clear front-runner. It's that we can now expect a period of buyer's remorse, or at least reconsideration. Obama's experience, his readiness, his fitness to weather Republican attacks — look for worries about those to start crossing the minds of Democrats yet to vote.

The third is that Hillary surely can and will help with that. She now needs to attack, in part by saying Democrats need a tough candidate who can and will go to war against the Republicans.

He strongly advises protective gear for Obama in the upcoming debates. Hillary is going to go after him hard and -  given her history and well-known skills - not all the shots will conform to Marquess of Queensbury rules, so to speak.