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By Tommy Jadoo

Hillary Clinton will not win the presidency. She won’t even win the nomination. Despite Pennsylvania’s double-digit win, in the grander scheme of things, there was no difference made.

During the early 90s, Bill Clinton headed into the New Hampshire Primary with allegations of an extramarital affair with Gennifer Flowers, a former Penthouse Pet and occasional actress. Sen. Paul Tsongas (D-MA) quickly gained momentum on the heels of the controversy, as evidenced by New Hampshire polls, forcing the Clintons to react in the form of a 60 Minutes interview in which they refuted the charges.

The interview singlehandedly won Governor Clinton several lost delegates and ended the momentum of Tsongas. The Governor instantly became the self-proclaimed “Comeback Kid”, a moniker which lasted with him through the battle with California’s Jerry Brown and, arguably, through the Lewinsky Scandal which saw a dip and subsequent rise in Gallup approval ratings.

Now, in the wake of his wife’s Pennsylvania double-digit win against Barack Obama, the New York Times released an article today labeling Mrs. Clinton the “Comeback Kid” and The Economist, in a play on words, “The Comeback-Again Kid”.

Last night, Charlie Rose hosted a panel of seven historians, economists, and political analysts, not one of which admitted the glaring truth: Hillary Clinton will not win. Indeed, she has no chance of winning. None.

The automatic-delegates will not risk alienating the Latte Liberals and Black Democrats that are the base of Obama’s support. If the nation’s first serious black contender for the Presidency is squeezed out on the vote of superdelegates and not the vote of the people, there will be an uprising that the Democratic Party has not seen in many years.

Many have referred to this as the most exciting Democratic race since 1969 but it is also the most damaging, with two candidates bloodying each other up (thank you, Mr. Limbaugh) in what can only result in a lose-lose situation. Neither Clinton nor Obama will emerge as a viable candidate in June, Obama bruised from the Reverend Wright/Tony Rezko/Will Ayers controversies and Clinton slashed by her own party and a potentially shunned Obama base.

Obama is fighting the wrong fight. There came a point in McCain’s campaign in which he deemed it more beneficial to run a race against the democrats rather than a race against his nearest rival, Mike Huckabee. Obama needs to do the same. If the Democratic Primary lasts until the convention, Obama will have less than 60 days to convince people that he is a more able leader than John McCain. He must recognize that Clinton can not win, and turn his attention entirely and solely upon the Arizona senator NOW. There is, quite simply, no time to waste.

The only thing Mrs. Clinton will be “coming back” to is her husband and, historically, that has proven to have been a bad bet.

Note:  Mrs. Clinton’s Pennsylvania win has since proven to be a single-digit win of 9 points rather than the 10 point lead that was projected on Tuesday night.

By Tommy Jadoo

MSNBC inviting a political analyst on to analyze the President’s singing?

If there is one group that understands comedy, it’s the Democrats. Note how the pillow comment floors the room. A million laughs!

By Tommy Jadoo

A colleague once said, “The world will be a much better place when the baby boomers die off. There will be less racism, less oppression, less discrimination.”

Oh how the days of Bill Buckley are missed.

By T.R. Bozarjian

Rebate checks delivered by your friendly, government, postman. A few extra bucks but, at what cost?

Tax Day is just around the corner and the IRS should witness more prompt returns than usual, almost wholly due to the Economic Stimulus Act of 2008 - a $150 billion dollar plan aimed at boosting the economy by providing rebate checks to taxpayers and tax credits to businesses.

“Tens of millions Americans will have a check in the mail,” opined House Speaker, Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) at a recent new conference. “It is there to strengthen the middle class, to create jobs and to turn this economy around.”

Americans can expect to receive anywhere from $600 to $1,200 which they will immediately spend on Chinese products. Last year, the United States imported $28.6 billion worth of goods from the number one exporter to the US - a number only expected to grow with the increasingly weak dollar and the rise of the Chinese economy as a force to be reckoned with. Since the 1970s, China’s economy has doubled every eight years and with the upcoming Beijing Olympic games bringing an increase in tourism and private capital from foreign investors, the growth rate is expected to rise exponentially.

Harvard historian, Niall Ferguson, has been reluctant to christen this the “Chinese Century”, maintaining that as long as Americans have the “technological ace in the hole”, it is not over. For this, we can only keep our fingers crossed but let us ask ourselves: Who are we fooling?

In reaction to the Plan, President Bush told reporters, “”I’ve always believed that allowing people to keep more of their own money and to use it as they see fit is the best way to help our economy grow.”

Right now, it is far too easy to extend our arms and touch something made in China. It will be even easier to extend our rebate checks and buy something made in China.

Mr. Bush, Mrs. Pelosi: We do not strengthen the herd by feeding the lions.