Closed Primaries in OH and PA reveal Hillary's achilles heel: Lack of Indie support (vote, Congress)

[expat007]

Thanks to the poster who alerted me to the article

They point out something that has been largely overlooked in all the talk – the Ohio and Pennsylvania primaries were closed primaries, and, one key congressional Democrat says, “Yes, he doesn’t do really well with a big part of the Democratic base, but she doesn’t do well with independents, who will be critical to success in November.”

“We may have to go to June, and whoever ends up with the most delegates wins,” a key Democrat says. “Meanwhile, the attention will be on the battle she can’t win, so why is she doing this – from here on out she’s only bleeding the party. The right way to put it is, ‘This is a war of attrition and it’s obvious that the numbers aren’t going to add up, so what’s the point?’” He added, “The hope is that at some point the superdelegates will get frustrated and join the Obama bandwagon.”

This pressure may not be enough to get the tenacious Hillary Rodham Clinton to quit the race, but, says a leading Democrat, “Sometime in June we will make it clear to her that this thing isn’t going to the convention.”

Dems' suspense may be unnecessary - Elizabeth Drew - Politico.com

[Alanw]

I'm an independent and was not able to vote in the Nevada Caucus but I for one independent would never vote for Obama. If he goes against McCain I will write in someone. I won't be one to say that I voted for a terrible President. Neither one is a good choice.

[sanrene]

She has more of a chance of pulling the indies against McCain than Obama does.