Ohio Slipping From Hillary... Now 48% - 43%

She already lost Texas, pretty much, and this seemed to me inevitable.

Inevitable. Somewhat ironic.

Drudge just has a blurb up now but lots of links at the top about the imploding Hillary campaign.

Yeah. Oh well, that could have been fun.

Here's some shadenfreude: Fear and Loathing in the Hillary for President Campaign.

With a week to go before climactic tests in Texas and Ohio, Hillary Rodham Clinton’s campaign team has slipped into full recriminations mode.

Looking backward, interviews with a cross-section of campaign aides and sympathetic outsiders suggest a team consumed with frustration and finger-pointing about the apparent failure of several recent tactical moves against Barack Obama.

Looking forward, it is clear Clinton’s team has only a faint and highly improvisational strategy about what to do over the next seven days. Simply put, there is no secret weapon.

At Tuesday night’s debate in Ohio, aides are mapping plans for drawing persistent attention to Obama’s record without attempting any knockout punch theatrics that could backfire.

Many recent decisions have done exactly that. This has left the campaign awash in anger over who is to blame.

Communications chief Howard Wolfson — echoing a strong belief of the Clintons themselves — blamed the news media Monday for allegedly tossing bouquets to Obama whenever he criticizes Clinton but writing that she is throwing low blows whenever she draws contrasts with him.

Heh. Welcome to the party, pal.

Top aides also are frustrated over the handling of a media uproar Monday regarding a photograph of Obama in traditional African dress during a visit to Kenya. It appeared splashed on the Drudge Report with the accusation that it was “circulated” by “Clinton staffers” over the weekend.

Love it.

posted by Ace at 12:05 PM

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