HILLARY: GOING...GOING...GONE?

March 2, 2008 -- WASHINGTON - "If anything is certain about the outcome of Tuesday's crucial Democratic primaries, it's that Hillary Rodham Clinton will not go quietly from the field.

In the course of two weeks, her campaign has gone from predicting sure demise if she doesn't win both Texas and Ohio to smugly boasting that she has to win only one contest to stay in the hunt.

After 11 straight losses to Barack Obama in primaries and caucuses across the country last month, Clinton's campaign was laid low.

None other than former President Bill Clinton - the campaign's political Svengali - told supporters that if his wife couldn't win both of Tuesday's two biggest contests, her White House dreams were doomed.

Since then, the dynamics of those two contests have only gotten worse for her. Yet her campaign's rhetoric has only gotten more bellicose.

In Ohio, she's virtually tied, and in Texas, she's fallen slightly behind Obama.

With these prospects, any small-time politician would be looking for the exit.

But there's nothing small time about the Clintons - the Bonnie and Clyde of American politics.

They are always on the escape, never stop running and they never, ever quit.

Already, the Clintons have tried every trick imaginable, from nasty politics of race to slurring Obama over religion. She's cried, claimed poverty and blamed the press.

With nothing left to try, it's pure con game now."

As was predicted (by me, ta-dah), as soon as Skankles plead poor mouth the money began rolling in, so if the Clinton's are anything they are wise to their constituents. Little folken who truly wish to MAKE A DIFFERENCE in the big, bad world that refuses to acknowledge how simply marvelous they truly are.

The...sniff...I SAVED HILLARY bandwagon is keeping her afloat for a time, but the ZOMBIES FROM OBO-LAND are on a rampage as well so this is going to be fun to watch.

Two essential nobody's with nothing to offer but sunshine and lollipops are proving beyond a shadow of a doubt how utterly in error Darwin was. In his day, SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST rang everyone's bell but this time around the victory will go to whomever more closely emulates THE WIZARD OF OZ.