The Clinton campaign knows it’s in trouble–setting up Ohio and Texas in March as “must win” states in the face of a string of losses on Super Tuesday and beyond.

This is a terrible strategy, and I have doubts she’ll even make it to March. The string of defeats in state after state between now and March–Obama is expected to have blowout victories in the Potomac region today and has won every other state voting since Super Tuesday–threatens to create a snowball momentum effect that may be impossible to cancel out by the time March rolls around. It’s not just the delegate count (though many Clinton super-delegates are now wavering because of the Obama snowball)–it’s also the demoralization of troops, the drying up of fundraising, and the incessant drumbeats of impending death from the media. Obama is already bringing in twice as much money per week as Clinton, choking off her ability to respond.

Oh well..this former Hillary supporter is off to vote for Obama in the Virginia primary. She just didn’t close the sale for me.

Tags: 2008-election, hillary, obama, virginia