How the Clinton camp sleeps at night

There is a certain irony in Barack Obama's speech last night to supporters in Texas. As Obama conceded the loss in Ohio and acknowledged the ongoing Texas primary battle the crowd cheered and a swarm of bats fluttered overhead in the night air. 

It comes off a weekend of nasty politics on the part of the Clinton campaign who seem hell bent for leather on making every minor issue such as "Nafta-Gate" a cause and opportunity for attack. Not wanting to be forgotten, the Clinton machine sent lawyers to invade Obama campaign press conference calls, ramped up the militaristic commander in chief language and generally chose the Bush/Rove fear strategy as the only possible winning strategy. 

Bat's indeed. You can only hope that that the Clinton campaigners woke up this morning with a nasty hangover, with that nagging sensation that the three day drunken kitchen sink campaign worked if only you can still look in the mirror after sleeping with your wife's sister. 

It's one thing to attack your opponent in a general election, quite another to attack your opponent in a party race -  that has delegate math, public support and a winning state track record on his side. But the Clinton's and their campaign machinery doesn't seem to draw this distinction. They would rather leave blood on the tracks and try to win at all costs, even when there is no rationale mathematical process for them to win. Even this morning Hillary was hinting at a possible coordinated effort between the billary and barack campaign; akin to making dinner for your hosts after you raid the liquor cabinet and drain all the 10 year old scotch. 

Playing this game is nasty business. It's expensive, it hurts the party and sends Obama into the general election battered and bruised against John McCain. The Clinton campaign can bask in the morning after glow of Texas and Ohio but eventually they need to wake up and smell the Starbucks, do some math, call it a day and bow out. For the good of the party, for the good of putting America back on track, for ousting the beltway bastards and for bringing back hope and vision into national politics. If that doesn't work then at least Hillary should consider her own future legacy is she continues this nasty smear campaign. 

After all, being compared to  bats only worked with Vincent Price......