Hawk, you're kind of like me in that you won't believe the witch is dead until you actually see her feet sticking out from under the house. Seems sometimes she appears to have nine lives -or more.
Indeed and while there remains that 'race chasm' in the Democratic primary, she ain't dead yet. Obama must win the popular vote as well as most pledged delegates to be sure of the nomination being settled in his favor sooner rather than later. That is why he can't afford to let her score run away wins in PA or IN
He has fat chance of winning WV and KY. 'Appalachia' is just not good terrain for him, which means he should aim to win OR, MT and SD as comfortably as he can. Then there's PR
Then there's the question of MI and FL. A right balls-up if ever there was one
Most of all, it's important that the Democratic nominee wins it fairly
, be it Obama or Clinton. If they have the will to do so, supers can decide it in June but what will be their priori determinant? Pledged delegates? Popular vote? Polls? ....
As for the general, the way some commentators see it is that Obama has the 'wider net' (greater appeal than Clinton beyond the Democratic 'base') but the 'leakier boat' (a greater risk of losing a significant part of the Democratic 'base' to McCain)
Dave
