Decision ‘08

You May Never See Again…

…so much ink and airtime and computer-screen space taken up by a less meaningful event than tomorrow’s Pennsylvania primary. If I haven’t had much to say, that’s because there isn’t much to say. If Hillary wins by 20, it’s as meaningless as if Obama wins by 10. The Democratic nominee is Barack Obama. That’s all.

If you have any doubts, play around with this tool for a while…

UPDATE 11:35 p.m.: Actually (yikes, I can’t believe I’m saying this), Chris Bowers of Open Left has a pretty good analysis of why the campaign continues even though the outcome is a foregone conclusion. I had thought that perhaps the “bitter” controversy would change the underlying dynamics, but it appears to have limited long-term impact (it caused quite a frenzy, but most of the frenzy after the first couple of days was whipped up by Clinton supporters). My prediction is that Clinton wins by 9…enough for her to brag mightily, and she’ll keep going, but not the crushing defeat for Obama that might give the superdelegates pause.

Sometime soon, I’ve got some words to say about why Howard Dean is in such a hurry for the superdelegates to commit…