5 Reasons Hillary Clinton Should Quit

While writing, I realized I could probably come up with more reasons Hillary Clinton should give up the ghost.

Five is easy. So here we go:

1. The Math: I have seen this spun every way from Sunday, and it will never make sense. Obama's lead in pledge delegates is an insurmountable lead, with Hillary needing to win 68% of all remaining delegates to catch Obama. It would work if she was a Republican, but with the rules of proportion used by the Democrats, this just isn't going to happen. Same goes for the popular vote argument. Obama made up for his Pennsylvania losses in North Carolina, so go ahead and add Florida if you like (which Clinton agreed not to until she started losing to this upstart), she still can't catch him here, either. Hillary's latest ploy has her resorting to trying to raise the delegates needed to secure the nomination to include Florida and Michigan. So now it's not 2,025? OK, what else can we do for you, Sen. Clinton?

2. The Damage: Hillary Clinton has twice sided with John McCain on issues over her Democratic rival. Once on experience, and now this gas tax. This should be an alarm bell to all Democrats, as it plainly reveals Hillary's willingness to do the Republican's work for them. Over 200 economists, including 4 Nobel Prize winners, have concluded this gas tax idea is no good for voters. What was Senator Clinton's response? To call them "elitists". I guess Hillary won't be consulting any "elitists" about economic policy. If she succeeds in stealing this election, it will do great harm to the party. The Democrats rely on the African-American community for 25% of their vote. Add in the youth vote Obama is trouncing her with, as well as the other demographics he wins in. All her negative attack ads have already set her up to be a hypocrite for the Republicans. So why not stop it now?

3. Electability: This is a word we hear thrown out by many Hillary supporters. Sen. Clinton allegedly told Bill Richardson when he called to tell her of his decision to support Obama, "Bill, he can't win!" A recent poll showed last week that Obama leads McCain head-to-head by 11 points, while Hillary leads by 12. Not much difference that I can see. And in the recent ABC debate, George Stephanopolous put her on the spot about the Richardson comment. As usual, Hillary tried to dodge at first, but George stayed on it until she admitted, "Yes, he can win". There you have it, straight from the horse's mouth. Unless she was pandering to George. And let's remember Clinton just squeaked by in Indiana, a state that was working-class, and 90% white. So the old excuse that Obama can't win is just more fear-mongering of a different color.

4. The Money: Here's a question I asked in a recent article with no response yet: If Hillary Clinton is such a good candidate, why can't she get the financial support from supporters? It was just released today that she loaned her own campaign another $6.4 million, in addition to the $5 million she loaned it before Pennsylvania. If Hillary Clinton can't raise money for her candidacy in a primary, how will she do it for a Presidential election. It's not the money that's the issue, it's what's behind it: not many people will bet on a losing horse, just to make the horse feel better.

5. The Truth: This has always been disregarded in the big scheme, and that really amazes me. Polls show that real Americans, 2 to 1, view Hillary Clinton as "untrustworthy". Do Democrats really think the country will vote for a President they don't trust? While there are Americans who view Obama in the same way, the numbers are much lower for him than her. An exit poll released yesterday also stated more Americans believe Obama shares their values, as opposed to Hillary Clinton. After 8 years of a generally dishonest and detached administration, I think voters have had enough of this.

In the end, I liked Jack Cafferty's response on CNN today: "When you're dead, lie down."