Roger Simon writes in his article on Politico.com, that "Quitting before you are defeated does not encourage people to work for you, vote for you or give money to you in the future. And Clinton has not yet been defeated." Commentators are calling for Clinton's withdrawal from the race, and I can't disagree more. This is not the same situation as Huckabee on the Republican side. This is still a close race.
Clinton still has a chance to win, and she is fighting as if her life depends on it. I think she is doing everything in her power to regain the momentum, and it shows the kind of person that she is. If Clinton had dropped out weeks ago, it would have shown weakness. It would have completely contradicted Clinton's appeal to the public, about her willingness to fight until the end for the American people.
In Simon's article, he writes that Clinton is effectively playing the victim and the victimizer leading up to tomorrow's primaries, and although this is desperation time for the Clinton campaign, she isn't showing any fear.
At a rally in Ohio, Clinton said, “We’re coming back. … We need someone in the White House again who is a fighter!”
If Clinton loses tomorrow, she will effectively be out of the Democratic nomination, and many will say "I told you so", but Clinton will be able to bow out of the race with her head held high and her political career still very much intact.
Come 2012, Clinton will be in a prime position to either run for President of the United States, or run for re-election for the senate. I don't know who I'll vote for in 2012, but when Hillary's name appears on the ballot, I'm sure I'll remember how she fought until the bitter end. She isn't a quitter and she isn't acting like one, even if the odds are against her.
Information taken from: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0308/8809.html
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