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Her own campaign acknowledges there is no way that she will finish ahead in pledged delegates. That means the only way she wins is if Democratic superdelegates are ready to risk a backlash of historic proportions from the party’s most reliable constituency.

Unless Clinton is able to at least win the primary popular vote — which also would take nothing less than an electoral miracle — and use that achievement to pressure superdelegates, she has only one scenario for victory. An African-American opponent and his backers would be told that, even though he won the contest with voters, the prize is going to someone else.

People who think that scenario is even remotely likely are living on another planet.

The controversy over his pastor’s hate speech may wound Obama in the general election. But it isn’t going to stop him from getting the Democratic nomination. As Politico observes, Hillary “cannot win unless Obama is hit by a political meteor. Something that merely undermines him won’t be enough. It would have to be some development that essentially disqualifies him.” (Italics added.)justin timberlike signs mp3

Added: Douglas Kmiec is a professor of constitutional law at Pepperdine University, and a former head of the Office of Legal Counsel for Presidents Reagan and Bush I. Today he endorsed Barack Obama:justin timberlike signs mp3

No doubt some of my friends will see this as a matter of party or intellectual treachery. I regret that and I respect their disagreement. But they will readily agree that as Republicans, we are first Americans. As Americans, we must voice our concerns for the well-being of our nation without partisanship when decisions that have been made endanger the body politic.