Mattew Yglesisias takes on the electibility argument This part here makes a lot of sense:
This business of Travis Childers winning an extremely Republican district on the heels of two other Democratic special election wins drives home how infuriating the idea of even having an extended “electability” argument about “who can win” is at this point. The reality is that given current conditions, either Clinton or Obama is very likely to win. That, I assume, is why Clinton is fighting so hard. There’s no need to join David Corn in reaching for esoteric explanations, she’s fighting hard for the prize of the nomination because it’s a very good prize to have.
I think he is basically right on this, but if anything is going to motivate republicans to come back to the polls it is a presidential election, especially if the Democratic nominee is Hillary Clinton. Either nominee can probably win and that probably does explain a lot of Hillarys behavior to this point, she knows this should be an easy win, if she can get the nomination. I wonder if the Patriots didn’t feel the same way when they got through the AFC championship game, after all the NFC seemed to suck.
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