Say Anything Blog

Even as the media coronation of Barack Obama continues, Obama himself attempts to don the victim mantle claiming that the media isn’t treating him the same as they’d treat Hillary.

(CNN) — Hillary Clinton’s campaign says it remains upbeat about the New York senator’s White House chances, but rival Barack Obama said Saturday he would likely be treated differently if his campaign had suffered a similar string of losses as her’s.

Asked in Ohio by a reporter if he would be treated differently had he lost as many contests as Clinton, Obama said, “Yes.”

But Obama said he understands why the treatment is different, saying it would require a knockout blow for Clinton to quit because she’s “part of the Democratic network in Washington.”

“Look, I’m the challenger, I’m the upstart,” he said. “I’m the insurgent — she’s, she’s the champ. She’s part of the Democratic network in Washington and, you know, if you’re the title holder then you don’t lose it on points. You got to be knocked out.”

A lot of press is being given to Obama’s “11 straight primary victories,” but let’s keep in mind that even with all those victories he’s still only 69 delegates ahead of Hillary with over 1,400 delegates yet to commit.

This is anybody’s race, and Hillary isn’t being pushed out of the race because she is, in fact, still very much in this race.

On a related note, does anyone else find it nauseating to watch the two Democrat candidates squabble over who gets the most preferential treatment from the media even as John McCain has to defend himself from thinly-sourced, almost totally baseless allegations of a sex scandal from that same media?

I mean, c’mon.