In West Virginia, the white lady zings
Sen. Hillary Clinton won a resounding victory in West Virginia today, garnering a bit north of two-thirds of the votes cast.
Predictably, Clinton touted her triumph as proof she can win in November, as reason to fight on in the primaries and, of course, as cause for supporters to contribute more money.
The disturbing thing about this West Virginia primary is how much Clinton owes to having been the not-black candidate. More than happenstance accounts for the fact West Virginia has a minuscule 3 percent black population.
We expect the race in Kentucky to follow a similar course, although possibly less pronounced. Oregon, however, holds the prospect for Obama to win by a margin similar to Clinton’s in West Virginia.
Meanwhile, the McCain campaign rolls down an open road as rabid-right smear-and-jeer specialists do their lying best to bring Obama down.
But, let it never be said Clinton wasn’t given every chance to drag this thing out to satisfy whatever compulsion puts her ambition ahead of party and country.








