Maureen Dowd: Only Reason Hillary Is Still In Race Is Because Of Media's Benevolence
February 27, 2008 -- 10:35 AM EST // //

So Maureen Dowd's column this morning bashed Hillary yet again, in terms strikingly similar to what we've heard already in many of her recent columns.

Yawn. So, so, so boring. I repeat: Just try to imagine what The New York Times could accomplish if they took Dowd's premiere-columnist salary and invested it elsewhere.

But put that aside for a sec. I wanted to flag a line in the column that perfectly encapsulates top-shelf pundit elitism at its finest. Referring to Hillary's new strategy of bashing the press coverage, Dowd writes:

Beating on the press is the lamest thing you can do. It is only because of the utter open-mindedness of the press that Hillary can lose 11 contests in a row and still be treated as a contender.

Right, so according to Dowd, the only reason we're still conducting this presidential race is because she and her fellow media cohorts are benevolently holding off on crowning Obama the winner. That's just so lovely and generous of them, isn't it?

Actually, the real reason Hillary is being still treated as a contender is because millions upon millions of voters in two very big states haven't gone to the polls yet. I know, it's highly unlikely that she'll mount a comeback, to put it charitably. But still -- is it okay if we wait for those poor voters to have their say before we kick off the celebrations of her loss?

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