Ridiculous for Chris Matthews to argue that pundits are not pushing for Hillary's dropout?

Question

Disclaimer: I'm not a supporter of any of the 3 current candidates, between Obama and Hillary I'd probably chose Obama.

Yesterday Christ Matthews was arguing with Terry McCollough that the pundits were not pushing for Hillary to drop out. It was especially ironic since he was arguing this while sitting next to Keith Olbermann (a big Hillary hater).

How can one watch CNN and especially MSNBC and not hear the clear underlying assumption that Hillary has no shot and should drop out? It's been the same message for many weeks. After Matthews's impassioned argument, Olbermann's Countdown comes on and it's almost funny how much that show is pushing for Clinton to drop out.

Despite the media narrative, it's an objective fact that Clinton and Obama are at a virtual tie in the popular vote, and there's a good case to be made that Clinton likely can pull in more of the swing voters that would matter in a general election.

Answer 1

Clinton is experiencing what we republicans have known for a very long time; there is a liberal bias in the media. Since Obama is more liberal then Clinton, it follows that he would be favored over her. She she has a good reason for staying in the race. The main reason Clinton stays in the race is because she still has a good shot at winning.

All the ongoing issues with Rezko and Wright aside, there is still the issue of MI and FL with their 350 delegates. If they are seated in anything approaching the actual results, Obama’s lead shrinks to a handful.

Second, there are still about 180 delegates to be selected in 5 races.

Third, and most importantly, THE SUPERDELEGATE COUNTS FOR EACH CANDIDATE ARE IRRELEVANT AND MEANINGLESS!!

Allow me to explain. Under democratic party rules, the superdelegates are not locked into their selection until the convention when they actually vote. They are free to change their vote however often they want. They can go to Clinton from Obama, to Obama from Clinton, or back and forth a dozen times, it does not matter. The only count that counts is the one in August at the convention. Therefore, all 795 superdelegates are “in play”.

And just to make it more interesting, Obama leads Clinton by less then the number of currently undecided superdelegates. Until all the SDs make up their minds, they are not only in play, but ripe for Clinton to bribe, I mean, convince to vote for her.

Thus, it is way too early for her to drop out.

Answer 2

Its a little silly now, the race has been out of reach for awhile and the pundits have been nice to Hillary