See Maureen Dowd’s column in the NY Times on this morning after Texas, Ohio, RI and Vermont:

“…Hillary — carried on the padded shoulders of the older women in Texas, Ohio and Rhode Island who loved her “I Will Survive” rallying cry that “I am a little older and I have earned every wrinkle on my face” — has been saved to fight another day.”

I truly think the Dems are doomed if they nominate her, and I think it has little to do with her positions or gender.  She’s carrying 16 years of baggage with a large proportion of the population who will mobilize against her…  I can only think that the old school Dems and ardent Fems who vote for her on the basis of one or the other of those aspects don’t work and live around real-world Republicans.  They have no idea what a polarizing force she really is…  Any hope that the conservative Republican base won’t find McCain inspiring and will stay home is lost if she is his opposition.

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