Brave Face, Open Hand

Tuesday, May 6, 2008 | 9:42 PM

By Sarah Scully
Indiana has not yet been fully counted but Hillary Clinton took her chances, putting on, not just a brave face, but a serenely calm face to address her supporters here in Indianapolis. The spin on tonight's events is as follows:
"[Obama] said that he figured I'd win Pennsylvania, he'd win North Carolina... and Indiana would be the tie-breaker. Well..."
That said, the delegate count is not in her favor and it is likely that tomorrow will bring a cold shower of a number of superdelegates breaking for Obama and media mathematicians telling her she has no shot. However you feel about the former first lady and current Senator from New York, you cannot deny her tenacity. She adds to her confident victory speech a pragmatic call for money so that she can fight on. She tells her supporters that this is really their victory. With an admonishment of Myanmar's Junta to back up her foreign policy cred, a warm fuzzy nod to her daughter and husband, she closes with a prayer for democracy: "Count the votes in Michigan and Florida!" Rocky may be on the ropes and bleeding but there are still a few more rounds to go. We'll see how the superdelegates have digested this plot line in the morning.