This state-of-play report from Chuck Todd has lots of juicy stuff in it and ought to be read in full. He thinks Clinton ought to stay in. First, she might just win (when he refers to the possibility that another piece of Obama-controversy could pop up and undermine confidence in him, I can't work out if Todd is speaking in the abstract or if he has something in mind). Second, she's acting like a kind of badass sparring partner for Obama, toughening the rookie up for his big fight with The Mac:
The party ought to lay off the calls for Clinton to drop out, at least for now, because her presence at worst is making Obama a better candidate. The Wright flare-up was the first true political crisis of Obama's national political career, which is remarkable given how close he is to being the Democratic nominee. Who knows when the Wright controversy would have circulated had the nomination been locked up.
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