as Hillary Duff sings…(sorry) I’m with Jim Robbins on this. No numerological nonsense is going to come between Hillary and her goal. Something might stop her — but it won’t be mere shortage of a few delegates. And let’s be clear — she does not care what the cost to the party in the medium term, if she provokes a rift by demanding that some votes be given more weight than other votes.

Nor is that unreasonable. After a day of letting the results simmer, the fact that seems most salient to me is that Obama has accrued his delegates by winning in a long string of mostly red states which he will not win in the general election. Hillary has gotten more of hers in the blue states she needs to carry in November, and in big, key swing states like Ohio. It is important to have a strong base in the states that form your electoral base. A Democratic candidate needs to win urban voters (and I don’t mean that as a synonym for black), union members, the poor, Hispanics, etc. This seems elementary, even if it is imperfectly reflected in the raw numbers in such a close race. If it comes down to the superdelegates — as it will — you will know whether they are they are first and foremost concerned with winning in November, or avoiding personal approbation, by how they factor that in. Not that I want to see Democrats doing what it takes to win…of course.