Hillary Clinton is back: With triple victories on Tuesday night the fight for the Democratic nomination is tighter than ever. And her opponent's camp is fighting off a wave of negative publicity.
Democratic presidential candidate Senator Barack Obama is under pressure after failing to win three primaries on Tuesday.
"I was sad and blue, but you made me feel shiny and new," Madonna sings in "Like a Virgin." That's how Obama supporters feel. They have spent a series of euphoric election nights with him. That first victorious night in Iowa was followed by a dozen others, in South Carolina and beyond. "You're so fine and you're mine."
Hillary Clinton is a grounded woman, clever and sensible. While he cries "hope," she says: don't get carried away. When he calls for change, she turns the lights off.
She is now fighting the battle of her life. She has shown herself to be tenacious, tough and to have an extraordinary ability to stay the course, something that has impressed both friends and foes. According to the numbers, she may have trouble pulling out the nomination because she is behind her opponent in delegate votes. But Tuesday night showed that nothing is impossible. He is still attractive to voters, but no longer irresistible. The pill she offers is often bitter, but it is probably a necessary one. He is capable, but she is too.
