After Pennsylvania

I heard within the last 48 hours that Hillary is ahead again in the national tracking polls. This is meaningless in itself, but will it influence the superdelegates if Democrat primary voter preference is clearly following a national trend in her direction?

I wonder if the drip-drip emergence of troublesome past Obama associates really is doing damage over the long haul? Primary voters would do well to remember that Hillary is no moral exemplar in this regard. Does anyone remember the '90's? Craig Livingstone, Webb Hubbell, Susan McDougal, Charlie Trie....the list goes on and on, endlessly. I can just hear Hillary now: "There goes the right-wing attack machine again, with accusations the country doesn't even care about. Please let us do the business of America again!" This was the consistent Clinton dodge tactic, and it worked well more than half the time, so why not trot it out again?

Hillary looks set to win Pennsylvania this Tuesday, for sure; resoundingly, according to some estimates. We'll see next how well she does in my state on May 6.

I have not followed the news as scrupulously as normal over the last 10 days, but the Democrat nomination at this moment looks as close to a toss-up between the two as it has for some time. I couldn't care less which wins, but it must be an emotional roller-coaster ride for their supporters.