Clinton Has Only Herself To Blame

When the presidential inauguration is held in January, I am sure that Hillary Clinton will have another episode of "what if" on her mind.

- What if Clinton had been aggressive in attacking Barack Obama from the beginning of the campaign?

- What would have happened if the Clinton campaign team had not acted as clinching the nomination was just a formality?

- What would have happened if the Clinton campaign had given the caucus states the same respect they had given to primary states?

- What would have happened if the Clinton campaign team had not completely mismanaged their campaign contributions to the point that Clinton has had to loan her campaign approximately 11 million dollars?

I cannot wait for the day when Clinton will sit down and answer questions like those mentioned above.  It has to drive her crazy to think that the Democratic nomination was hers to lose and that is exactly what she proceeded to do.  Don't get me wrong, Obama and his campaign team deserve much of the credit for Clinton losing the nomination.  Obama's game plan was organized, strategically better and well executed.  Obama campaigned to win while Clinton campaigned not to lose.  Obama has soundly beaten Clinton in every phase of the game.  I know everyone wants to blame her loss on statements made by Bill Clinton.  Some of the pundits are also saying that the country is tired of a Bush or Clinton being in the White House.  I will admit there are some people who hold those sentiments, but the fact is that Clinton just got her butt kicked.

Does that make Obama the best candidate for the Democratic Party? Not exactly.  However, Obama's performance for the past year says that he competed well enough to win the nomination and that is all that counts in politics.