Is Hillary All Washed Up?

By Pamela Mortimer

Tuesday’s West Virginia Democratic Primary promises to bring a landslide victory for Hillary Clinton. Despite the predicted win, the experts say that it may be too little too late.

Reports state that even if the New York Senator wins 100% of the vote and the remaining 275 delegates left in the Democratic race, Clinton will still fall 2,025 delegates short of winning the Democratic Party’s presidential nomination. Even if officials decide to remove the penalty suffered by Florida and Michigan for holding early primaries, the delegate count may not be enough to give Clinton the win.

Regardless of the delegate situation, Clinton is still the first choice among women, older Americans, and working class white voters. The demographic in West Virginia is expected to show their support and Clinton hopes to carry that same kind of influence into Kentucky next week.

During Sunday’s campaign stops, Clinton reminded voters of historical women who broke the glass ceiling, fought for equal rights, and didn’t give up when faced with a difficult situation. Hillary quoted Eleanor Roosevelt, who said, "A woman is like a tea bag. You never know how strong she is until she is in hot water."

Clinton also spent time campaigning in the capital city of Charleston, thanking supporters for their votes and reminding the crowds that the last Democrat to win the presidency without West Virginia’s help was in 1916.

Clinton also assured her audience that she has no intention of quitting the race.

"I’ll work hard for you. Get everyone out to vote tomorrow," she told a group of restaurant patrons.

Clinton’s supporters question Obama’s position in West Virginia. If Hillary is out of the race as the Obama campaign believe, why can’t Obama claim victory in West Virginia? The answer seems to be that people have not given up on the former First Lady.

"Why can’t Senator Obama beat Senator Clinton in West Virginia? Voters there have heard that he’s the presumptive nominee," Clinton campaign strategist Howard Wolfson said on "FOX News Sunday." "They’ve seen the great press he’s gotten in the past couple of days. Let’s let them decide. They have an opportunity. They want to end this on Tuesday; they’re perfectly capable of it."

Senator Joe Lieberman, an Independent Democrat and supporter of presumptive Republican nominee John McCain, said Clinton clearly still believes in herself.

"She is a very strong person, she’s very capable. She obviously believes that she is able to be a better president than Senator Obama and also that she has a better chance to beat John McCain. And I think that she just feels that she’s going to stay in there until Senator Obama actually has won it. And she has a right to do that, more power to her," he said.