I'm writing this as the results are still coming in, Ohio has 40% reported and Texas 17%. But it looks like Hillary had a blow-out win in Ohio and Texas will essentially end in a tie. And with this Hillary is still in the race.
This is fantastic news for us Dems. The primary will continue to at least Penn. And maybe all the way to the convention. And what of McCain during that time? He can campaign, he can talk to the press, he can advertise. And none of it will do him any good. Every bit of political attention will be on something that is new to most voters - a contested primary that could run all the way to the convention.
And what will everyone paying attention to the race be hearing? The talking points from Hillary & Barack, the advertising from both, the debates of the two of them. All anyone is going to hear is what we Dems bring to the table. It's free advertising and it's exclusively Democratic.
Yes they'll beat each other up some. But it's not like McCain and the Republican 527s won't do the same, and worse. So this lets us see how each handles the attacks, and which attacks hurt. Both will be very seasoned warriors by the time they clinch the nomination.
And meanwhile McCain will remain irrelevant and will get further out of practice for a campaign.
