chess an d politics are games of strategy!

you suck at chess....that doesn't make you a bad person.

Well, the media does whatever is in the media's interest.  But, in any event, I think that the nomination fight is closer to a game of Risk in its late stages than a game of chess, where one player controls most of the map and is slowly grinding out a win, even though the other player occasionally wins some battles along the way.  

Uhh, Canadian Gal, look. I know you felt really strongly about Clinton, even though you're not American, but listen- just because Clinton didn't say it was over doesn't mean it's not over, effectively.

Truly, Clinton is doing herself, her legacy, and the party more harm than good now. If she has such experience and benefits in places Obama lacks, she needs to bring them back into the fold and help him now. This only serves to bring us closer to disaster.

I've never said she should get out and, frankly, I've heard very few people say that.

So this is one of those straw man arguments.

Hillary and Bill are losing their throne.  They don't know up to give up their dynasty that they think is owed to them.  If I was the Clintons I would be thinking about how to get my millions back.  Losing over 11 million dollars is not chunk change.

You didn't say what chess pieces you had left on the board.  As long as someone's got their queen and a pawn who can become a queen, they're in good position.

There's a symbolic checkmate and an official checkmate in a game beyond the checks.  Obama has checked Hillary many times, but the symbolic checkmate is still to come.  The official checkmate is when he has enough delegates to become the nominee.  However, the symbolic checkmate is when he has enough delegates (both pledged and unpledged) that she CANNOT win the nomination.  I think he's about 40 delegates away from that checkmate.  If she stays in after that she might as well be a king running around the board one space at a time.  She'll just be delaying the inevitable.

Right now everybody's giving Hillary the room to get out as she sees fit, but after June 3rd she's just going to be harming the party and hampering the general election. If she doesn't concede shortly thereafter the supers will pull the plug. They don't want to, but they will. It's important to begin scheduling debates between Obama and McCain and getting the general election underway.

occasions, playing 8-ball,  my opponent had all of his balls in except the 8-ball and I still had most of mine on the table. I never gave up, and usually won. When someone is ahead to the point of declaring themselves the winner before the 8-ball is sunk, they oftentimes make mistakes, get careless. If you can just hang around and stay on the table, things sometimes break your way. Not always, but more often than mere chance would explain. Besides, it would be completely foolhardy for Hillary to drop out on the eve of some really big wins coming right up. She is palying to win this thing and Obama and his supporters get dismissive of her at their peril. As long as there is any window, however small, to the nomination,  Hillary is not going anywhere.

All candidates say they aren't quitting... right up until they do.  John Edwards is the most recent; the day before he dropped out, he said he was going all the way to the convention.

What do you expect her to say?  "We are weighing our options as to whether or not we are going to drop out"?  "We are not quitting now, but we will in three days"?

Don't look at what she says, look at what her supporters do.  Howard Wolfson is shopping around for a book deal.  Rahm Emanuel has called Obama "the presumptive nominee".

Yeah the cable talking heads are fools. It's quite obvious to me why she's staying in until the end, and before anyone jumps on with wild theories it has nothing to do with destroying Barack Obama or the party, but yammering and wringing of hands draws eyeballs I suppose.

Keep sending her money!

Mark Penn can buy a batch of jelly donuts with your 10 dollar

contribution.