Spin, baby, spin.
The longer Mrs. Clinton persists, her critics say, the more damage to the Democrats in the fall. She has taken the calls for her to quit and re-cast them as attempts to disenfranchise the voters. In making it clear that Mrs. Clinton is not dropping out, Maggie Williams, her campaign manager, evoked a moment that for Democrats was a searing injustice: “The last time that we were told we’d better cut the process short or the sky would fall was when the Supreme Court stopped the recount in 2000.”
That's a good one.
Another theory: She recognizes that she probably will not win the nomination. But a couple of possibilities are at play here. One is that lightning will strike, and she will become the nominee. Or, perhaps more plausibly though counter-intuitively, she is actually helping the party by staying in. That’s because her message about disenfranchisement seems to have taken hold.
And,
One person whom the disenfranchisement argument may have impressed is Mr. Obama, who has not called for Mrs. Clinton to step aside. While some of his surrogates have, they have backed off in recent days. It is almost as if a tacit understanding has emerged between the two candidates that the process must play out -- not to the detriment of the party but perhaps for the good of the party. It may not be apparent to the casual viewer of the news, but Mrs. Clinton is no longer dropping negative bombs on Mr. Obama.
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