Hang in There, Hillary!

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Today, in his post-game news conference, Cubs manager, Lou Piniella told reporters, "Lose? We didn't lose. We broke the tie in the 9th inning."


Hillary Clinton took the cake last night in her "victory speech" in Indiana. She made spin history when she told her supporters that thanks to them, she had broken the tie and now it is "full-speed ahead" to the White House.

Broke the tie?

According to her figures, she had won Pennsylvania, Obama had won North Carolina, and she had broken the tie by winning Indiana. Using her logic, my beloved Cubbies would be defending their 10th consecutive World Series title this year.

By the way, did you catch the effervescent Bill Clinton standing behind her on the stage? Hillary may be a loser, but Bill was a winner-of the Teddy Kennedy look-alike contest. A little heavy on the rouge, eh Bill? Of course, the reporter types tried to cover up for him by passing it off to sunburn incurred while campaigning. Looked to me like he was easing the evening's pain with a few highballs.

Today, it was also disclosed that Hillary has loaned her campaign another 6 million bucks. Nice investment if you follow the advice of the party-and drop out. Starting today, more Superdelegates will declare for Obama. Everyone is saying that the numbers can never add up for Hillary.

Of course, the Clintons don't drop out. Give Hillary credit for one thing; she is a fighter and doesn't quit. On the negative side, staying in can only continue to rip the party apart. Hillary still insists she will not drop out.

So why should she stay in? Here are some reasons:

Try to convince the party to reinstate the votes of Florida and Michigan.

Jeremiah Wright-who will not go away.

Former Weather Underground member Bill Ayers- who Americans are only now starting to learn about.

Tony Rezko- whose federal trial in Chicago is nearing an end. The defense rested this week. If Rezko is convicted, he is facing a lot of jail time. Speculation is rife that Illinois Governor Blagojevich could be indicted if Rezko turns on him. Obama also has a lot of questionable history with Rezko. Should Rezko be convicted, he may look to make a deal with the US Attorney's Office. Don't think that Hillary isn't watching that trial closely-and praying for a conviction. At this point, Hillary is probably hoping that another revelation could blow up Obama's candidacy at the last moment.

Nonetheless, things are not going well for Hillary. This week, she was supposed to have a radio interview with a Charlotte political talk show. Problem was, she called in late after the show was finished and wound up talking on air with a shock jock, who proceeded to have his way with her. After offering to take a message for the two political commentators, he offered to put her through to their voice mail. Then, he led her through a silly conversation about the Three Stooges as Hillary repeatedly cackled, probably inwardly furious at the foulup.

At any rate, next we have West Virginia and Kentucky, which Clinton figures to win. Hopefully, this sausage race will continue a while longer. If nobody breaks the tie, that is.