Hillary Has Lead In Popular Vote When All Votes Are Counted
Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton is entering the Kentucky and Oregon primaries on Tuesday with one of the most pugnacious political messages of her campaign: That she is ahead in the national popular vote when all votes are counted, including from the unsanctioned primaries in Michigan and Florida, and that party leaders who have a vote as super-delegates should reflect this level of appeal.
I think this speaks to the swing state problem Obama is going to have. He’s probably going to win the Democrat nomination, but when he does he’ll have won it without support from Florida and Michigan - key swing states both - that not only would probably have pushed the contest in Hillary’s direction but are probably going to influence the general election.
When you add that in with Obama’s weakness in places like Ohio, Tennessee and Pennsylvania you begin to see the problem. Obama doesn’t have broad support from moderate Democrats, or even moderate Americans in general. And without that kind of support he’s not going to win a general election.
Heck, were it not for Florida and Michigan having to sit this primary season out he might not even have the Democrat nomination.












