10 days to go...

On April 22nd, Pennsylvania will hold it's Democratic Party primary. Things sure have gotten wilder since Ohio and Texas. Obama has dropped the ball more times than a basketball player in a four corners offense. No, that's not as mixed a metaphor as you might think.

From "typical white person", to "Bowling for gutters", to "bitter folks" comments (when speaking to San Franciscans about Pennsylvanians no less!) Obama is beginning to show his inexperience on a national level. Right about now, you have to wonder if some superdelegates are unsure that he is "ready for prime time." He is also suffering from an examination of the company he keeps, and some interesting thoughts on his approach to race and how he sees white culture in America. Shelby Steele has written a fascinating book and a recent interview with Steele has some interesting insights here. (Steele is mixed race like Obama)

Luckily for him, the Clintons have been even worse. Bill continues to suffer from "foot in mouth" disease, bringing up the whole Bosnia issue again. Again, people ask, does he want her to lose? Even longtime Democrats have begun to realize what many Republicans said in the 90s...the Clintons appear to be congenital liars. You wonder if they even know when they say things...

Hillary needs a big win. For a while, her gaffe-a-day plan was bringing Obama within reach. Now, she seems to be widening the gap again, and Obama's "bitter people" quip seems to add fuel to the fire.

Meanwhile, the polling data in Pennsylvania looks good for Hillary in the primary, but even better for McCain in the general election.

The Republican base may have taken the opportunity in the last several weeks to re-register for the Democrat primary and affect the outcome. If a well-known talk show host has his way, it will lead to a big Hillary win, and a continuing bleeding of internal wounds for the party of the donkey.

Republicans sees this as fair game, since they attribute McCain's win of the nomination to the votes of independents and Democrats for him in their primaries early on in the season.

Elephants never forget.

Coach