The maximum net delegate gain for Clinton out of today's vote is about ten. Not exactly a game-changer. We can conclude that her team have succeeded (or the Obama team has failed) at setting expectations.
The media have followed the preferred Clinton line: that the important number is the margin of victory in the popular vote. If she wins by at least ten (a distinct possibility) she'll claim a significant victory and have even more license to paint Obama as unelectable, implicitly or otherwise.
However the danger for her is that if Obama keeps it within five points she'll 'lose' even as she wins.
Of course it'll probably be eight...
NYT just posted a good article about this: http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/04/22/in-pennsylvania-what-constitutes-a-win/index.html?hp
Her comments about Iran make me want to go out and kick a kitten. Her kitten.
Posted by: erin newby | April 22, 2008 at 05:30 PM