Is There Still Hope for Hillary?

By Pamela Mortimer

The last of the Democratic primaries are slated for this Tuesday and both presidential candidates are hoping for a miracle. South Dakota and Montana are the last two states to vote but there may not be enough superdelegates to go around. As it stands, neither Barack Obama nor Hillary Clinton has reached the magic number of delegates required to capture the Democratic nomination. Obama remains in the lead, falling about 40 delegates short of the 2,118 required for the nomination.

Although rumors have been circulating that Hillary Clinton will concede, the New York Senator is saying nothing of the kind. Speculation rose to new heights when former President Bill Clinton seemed defeated during a speech to South Dakota voters on Monday.

"This may be the last day I’m ever involved in a campaign of this kind," he said.

Many people believe that Bill Clinton’s speech had a lot more to do with exhaustion than defeat as the grueling primary draws to a close.

"You have to understand how emotionally draining it is for any candidate, whether it’s Senator Obama or Senator Clinton, especially in this difficult spot when you know the math just isn’t there and this thing is coming to an end. … It’s been an historical primary race. It has lasted seemingly a lifetime. I mean it takes a lot out of you, it doesn’t matter who you are," said Chris Kofinis, a Democratic strategist and former aide to Presidential candidate John Edwards.

"When you get tired, you make a lot of comments. I think we’ve got to not over-read this," said Democratic National Committeewoman Debbie Dingell. "The reality is the primary season ends tomorrow. We’re all going to have enormous pressure about what is going to happen inside the party. And the time has come to start to unify."

"I guess it’s technically true that it’s the last primary, but if she was going to stay in the race, then there would be more campaigning to do," said Democratic strategist and FOX News contributor Kirsten Powers. "She’d only stay in the race if presumably she was trying to become the nominee and he would still be campaigning I assume, so that doesn’t really make sense."

Despite all the conjecture put forth by the media Hillary is expected to celebrate her victories at Wednesday night’s final primary rally in New York. Clinton has been keeping tabs of her wins and has used that list to try and convince superdelegates that she is the best potential nominee.