Down But Not Out?

The New York Post goes with the opponent's spin:

"Hillary Rodham Clinton can no longer win the Democratic nomination, Barack Obama's campaign said yesterday.

"Obama campaign manager David Plouffe told reporters the 'only way' Clinton can overcome Obama's lead in pledged delegates after her latest lopsided defeats 'is to win most of the remaining contests in blowout form.'

"That's a highly unlikely scenario that no political expert expects."

And as we know, the political experts have been right about everything this year.

At Salon, Walter Shapiro asks the bookie question:

"Tuesday night's results will launch a Talmudic discussion among pundits about whether Obama should be crowned the party's front-runner or merely considered to be ahead by a nose as the protracted race enters the far turn. But the easiest measure is the barroom test: See if you can find a single person (other than maybe someone back from an off-the-grid trek in Nepal) who would take a bet on Hillary Clinton at even money."

Dick Polman goes with the iceberg metaphor:

"Picture the Titanic in mid-crisis, just as the second-class cabins are starting to flood. That's how the Hillary Clinton campaign looks . . .

"For Hillary, perhaps the worst indignity Tuesday night was John McCain's decision to ignore her and focus on Obama."

At the Weekly Standard, Richelieu says the corner has been turned:

"It'll never be the same again for the Hillary Clinton campaign. She is unlikely to recover. Everything has a tipping point, and in the Democratic race for president the ten day sweep that Barack Obama started on Saturday and is very likely to finish next Tuesday in Wisconsin is the final body blow the Clinton campaign will not recover from. . . .