As strange as it seems, Larry Rohter of the NY Times says that Barack Obama’s next mission is to regain his aura of inevitability. I suspect that it won’t be easy to relocate that aura. Anyways, here’s a rather humorous section of the article:

If things continue to go as well for Obama this week as they have so far this month, with a romp in North Carolina, a strong showing in Indiana and daily growth in his support among party superdelegates, he could end up with enough pledged delegates to proclaim, without fear of contradiction, that he is now the Democratic nominee for president.

It’s interesting that they didn’t mention that he got the worst horsewhipping I’ve ever seen in last Tuesday’s West Virginia primary. I’ve never seen a party’s presumptive nominee get beat by 41 points before. As the presumptive nominee, he should win out unless one of the states is his opponent’s home state or something similar to that.

To lose by double digits is rare, possibly unprecedented. To lose by 20 points is an embarassment. To lose by 41 points is a butt-kicking of historic proportions. It says that the presumptive nominee has some major problems staring him in the face. The Obama campaign will say otherwise but it’s the unvarnished truth.

It’s pathetic to hear Obama already admitting he’ll get beat in Kentucky, too. What’s worse is hearing Sen. Obama blaming his impending loss in Kentucky on…Fox News. In fact, he’s accusing Fox News of spreading gossip about him. I can’t imagine that that’s the way to restore an aura of inevitability.

This past week, for instance, Obama of Illinois visited two of the states that Psaki mentioned: Michigan, whose disputed primary has provided the Democratic Party with headaches, and Missouri. Two more are on Obama’s radar for this week: Florida, whose primary results are also being debated and where Obama plans to spend three days, and Iowa, where everything started.

Obama doesn’t have a chance of winning in florida. PERIOD. Therefore, I hope he spends alot of time campaigning there. I can’t imagine him having an aura of inevitability in Michigan either, especially since he plans on contesting the seating of their delegation at the Democratic Convention in Denver.

If McCain flips Michigan into the red column, then Obama can’t win. It’s that simple.

Technorati Tags: Obama, Inevitability, Kentucky, West Virginia, Michigan, Florida, Election 2008

Cross-posted at LetFreedomRingBlog

1. Obama states Kentucky favors HRC,by only 27%, because it is close geographically to Arkansas, 2 entire states removed. Of course Kentucky is contiguous with Illinois.

   Special thanks to Howard Dean and other “leaders” for disenfranchising Democrat voters in Michigan and Florida.

   Comment by SEW — May 18, 2008 @ 10:03 am

2. OMG, did you guys know Obama is black? I think I’m going to have to support Hillary now.

   Comment by Liem — May 18, 2008 @ 12:07 pm