As the punditocracy, blogosphere and, well, anyone following the race pondered when Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.) will gracefully or not-so-gracefully end her
“„How would that look if at the end of the Democratic race the winning candidate with clearly the most delegates and popular votes went down to defeat against a candidate who isn’t in the contest anymore? Ouch! That would tend to overshadow his expected wins in Oregon and Montana.
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“„‘If [Obama] lost to a candidate who’s withdrawn, that would hurt him a lot,’ says Devine. ‘And there’s a good chance that could happen.’