The calls for Clinton to drop out are creepy.

and mean in spirit, and coldly calculating, and vaguely sexist, and just plain DUMB.

Why in the world would Clinton drop out now? Those calling for her to leave now need to come clean on their motives. Essentially they are lying by omission. But as we know, it is part of the Obama playbook to remove the competition from ballots.

Bullet points:
1. A mere 130 delegates separate Senator Clinton from Senator Obama.
2. Clinton is behind in the popular vote by 1% by most counts. ONE PERCENT
3. If polls hold as they are now in PA and West Virginia she could pull ahead in the popular vote and another pillar of Obama's legitimacy will collapse. Will Pelosi make pronouncements about the "national popular vote" if Clinton has the majority?
And what is this nonsense about not counting Michigan and Florida voters in the totals? What planet are these pundits on? 1.7 million people in Florida matter. Dean has done real damage to the party in Florida with his lunk headed edicts.
4. If the FLA delegation is counted - as it should be - Senator Clinton is behind a mere 90 delegates. Obviously if PA and WV hold she would shave that lead further. (To 60? 50?) THe point being the race is close.
5. Clinton has beaten Obama in nearly all the large states or states Democrats must have in the fall: Mass, California, RI, NY, Ohio, Florida, New Mexico, Texas, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey. She has shown true strength among traditional Democratic voters. A huge chunk of BHO's coalition are not even Democrats.
6. BHO has run up some impressive victories but quite a few are in states that will never go BLUE in a general election. NEVER. South Carolina, Wyoming, Alabama, Kansas, Utah.
7. Every-time Clinton has been counted out she has roared back: After Iowa with NH and Nevada, after South Carolina with Florida and ALL the large states on Super Tuesday - except BHO's home state. After BHO ran off a series of minor wins she won Texas, R.I. and thumped him in Ohio - a lynchpin state.
8. BHO's wins in Washington, Minnesota, and Wisconsin indicate a weakness in Clinton's message - but hardly amount to having to exit the race.
9. There are states that a DEM will not win in the fall where Clinton won the Democratic primaries: Arizona, Oklahoma, and Tennessee. This proves that not all states where the Democratic party is a minority automatically went BHO. In short: Clinton has won big Democratic states AND small Democratic states.
10. BHO still has not been vetted. The Wright debacle coming AFTER the large majority of contests proves beyond a shadow of a doubt that ALL voters need to be heard. Imagine if the Wright tapes had been aired relentlessly in January. What else do we need to know about BHO? The major media has remained in an Obama trance throughout this year. But the truth has a way of coming out. By removing his opponents from ballots, and running against very weak opposition Obama has never really been tested. Nor does he intend to be. Presidents should be tested. Democrats have a responsibility to vet candidates. I know Hillary has been tested by on going, ruthless attacks. Everyone does. BHO is another story all together. He survived the Wright crisis with excuses and a compliant media - but lost a major component of his candidacy's must touted reasoning: Cross over Republicans. There won't be any. So if Clinton drops on now, and we find out something else disastrous about Obama - what then? The Rezko trial is ongoing, William Ayres has not been discussed by the television news outlets, nor has his weak Senate record. What else don't we know? I suspect quite a lot.
11. There would be an argument for Clinton to leave if the race was not close. It is exceedingly close. The Obama cabal that is harping on this wants to short circuit the remaining contests. Again: WHY? The media, that is wildly pro Obama, sat on the Wright tapes until the moment they could do the least damage: with 7 weeks between contests. Those tapes were going to be seen. The ideal time was chosen to shove them into the arena. There is no GOOD reason ABC could not have shown us the "God Damn America" tape in January. Or any other outlet. If Clinton leaves now the BHO cabal and the pro BHO media can air out any other damaging information this Spring, making it survivable. October surprises - especially in the case of a man people are prone to distrust already - are much more lethal. Believe me, the RNC has plenty.
12. My hunch is Clinton knows there is more damaging information on Obama. I do not know this. It is a hunch based on this: Clinton explained recently that all delegates have the right to change their minds. Why did she do this? It seems pointless. As things stand now both sides are hardened in their positions. Was she just being wistful? Hillary has many interesting character traits. Wistfulness is not one of them. The pattern of BHO's campaign has been pretty easy to follow - when he is allowed to make unfettered speeches he soars, when he is examined he wilts. The perfect example of this is when he wandered off the stage after 6 questions about Rezko saying "Come on guys!" as he left. Clinton, upon close examination, does quite nicely. Nearly all Clinton's "mistakes" have been in the present tense i.e. foolish statements by advisors, misreading Iowa voters etc. Obama's troubles have all been about his unexamined past. People intuitively know the difference here.
13. Finally, I suggest that Obama has gotten so far because he appears to be the perfect antidote to the awful Bush years, not because he is a better choice than Clinton. This is a reasonable and quite effective strategy. Had he run up large leads in votes and delegates I would agree that Clinton should go. No such thing happened. "Change" is a good, but overrated, campaign meme. Ask Carter. He ran on it in 1976 and began the race lapping Ford - by the time things had settled he won by 2% and was hobbled going into the White House.

Clinton is still a strong, viable candidate by all estimations except those of the pro Obama media and his fearful supporters. But there is nothing to fear in allowing the remaining states to have a choice. At least nothing for Clinton to fear. If, with a fair resolution to the Michigan and Florida issue, BHO garners enough delegates to win - so be it. If he does not, as he does not now, then the race should play out. If the race remains a virtual tie and BHO wins it with superdelegates but NOT the 9% of voters in Michigan and Florida (yes, Dean is throwing 9% of the voters overboard) his nomination will not be legitimate. Especially if a breakdown of the registered Democrats who voted indicate a preference for Clinton. Our parties nomination will have gone to the person who got the minority of Democratic votes.

Clinton is being asked to roll over for no good reason and plenty of disingenuous ones. She should do no such thing.

on another note entirely:
What is not being discussed by the inept American Media is the dangerous events in Iraq and what they may mean about war with Iran. Read this link.