Election catch-up and random thoughts

Spin it however you will, but Obama just drained that killer three. Hilary needs a miracle to get back in the race...not only does she need to win both Ohio and Texas, but she needs to win them by relatively large (we're talking at least 10%) margins, and even doing that she will probably still be behind Obama in delegates. Barring a huge scandal or some other sort of catastrophic collapse on Obama's part he should get the nomination.

Hilary has staked her campaign on the idea that she is the candidate best prepared to resist the republican attack machine, but look at the latest general election matchup poll put out by Reuters/Zogby:

McCain 50% Clinton 38%
Obama 47% McCain 40%

Hilary talks about how change doesn't really mean anything unless you can actually get stuff done while you're in office, but you have to get elected to office in order to bring about any change at all. If Hilary can't defeat a junior senator from Illinois with four years of experience in Washington how is she going to defeat a war-hero with over 20 years of experience in the senate and a reputation for reaching across party lines? Hilary once whined about being the victim of a "vast, right-wing conspiracy", and the truth is American voters from both parties want somebody who is willing to compromise to get stuff done, not rehash the old fights from the 1990s. This is why Mitt Romney Version 2.0 (Conservative Avenger Edition) got his ass kicked by John McCain, and this is why Obama is all but assured of being the Democratic nominee.

Switching gears, a few other random thoughts on the sports world:

The Chris Webber signing is not looking good for the W's. He's old, decrepit, and only put up 9 points against the Jazz last night. In my take on the signing I mentioned that I didn't think Webber would help against the big guns in the west, making him a non-factor in the playoff run since the W's were only going to beat quality teams by playing their own run and gun style. which Webber can't keep up with. So far Webber has sat out a game against the Suns and been a non-factor against the Jazz....he might just be getting into playing shape still but I think its time to start the Brendan Wright movement. If Nellie wants to give playing time to a big man he might as well give a young kid the chance to show what he can do.

Great dunk contest this year.

I'll talk about this more in my baseball preview, but the A's are not going to be as bad as a lot of people think they are this year. By getting rid of Kotsay and Kendall they've jettisoned a good chunk of ridiculously bad offense, and there is no way they suffer from the same injury problems they did last year. They're not making the playoffs, but they could win 75-80 games.

Roger Clemens: who cares. Lets play ball. Though he does give me my youtube clip of the day, check out this awesome NESN commercial from the 80s features the rocket when he wasn't trying so hard to keep his distance from the long arm of the law.