Hillary's Last Firewall

Happy Friday the 13th, Friends,

The media is not giving much attention to it, but you can see it slipping just slowly into the news. The Republican nominee may now be a given, but the Democratic primary is far from over.

Our mainstream media was so intoxicated by its narrative of Mrs. Clinton sweeping into the White House as our first female president, it forgot she actually still needed to first win the primary.

The media made a novice's mistake of ignoring Yogi Berra's famous adage, "It ain't over 'til it's over." And Bernie Sanders was far from finished.

The pro-Hillary media is like a gigantic ship in how much force it takes to move it and how slowly it turns. But you can see it starting to budge, and once it starts moving you'd better get out of the way.

An op ed piece in yesterday's Wall Street Journal could, in fact, be the harbinger of a media deluge on Bernie's amazing comeback.

Two significant primary wins for Bernie in Indiana and West Virginia knocked Hillary off course. And she's already conceded Oregon's upcoming Tuesday contest to Sanders.

The changing landscape has forced Hillary to focus on Kentucky's primary, an unexpected distraction and expense.

Kentucky's is a closed contest, and so far, primaries where Independents can't vote have been trouble for Sanders. If the pattern holds, Hillary should win Kentucky and stop Bernie's building momentum in its tracks.

But the outcome in Kentucky is far from clear. The state's minority populations, which have been a pillar of support for Hillary elsewhere, are small. A full 90 percent of the state is white, and so far Sanders has dominated the white vote..

Hillary is also seen as anti-coal after her thoughtless remark that she wants to see coal mines shut down. That crack killed her chances in West Virginia

You'll eat your Hillary Brand broccoli and like it! I don't care if  all
your friends like Bernie Brand. You don't know what's good for you!

Kentucky is Hillary's last firewall. If she loses there on Tuesday, Bernie will run the table and take all seven remaining contests.  .

He still may not technically gain enough delegates to stop Hillary It's now widely acknowledged that the rules were written to prevent any real challenge to her.

Hillary's candidacy is flagging, yet the Democratic leadership insists its voters accept her as their nominee...and like it.

This, even though all polls show Sanders as the stronger candidate in the general election.

If Bernie pulls off the sweep, the party leadership ignores his momentum at its own peril.