The Twelve Labors of Hillary

By Sarah Scully
Texas, Ohio, Pennsylvania and now Indiana. In a clever, though risky strategy, the Clinton campaign has continued to put forth the idea that certain primaries are "do or die" for their candidate and many have taken the bait. The campaign has effectively changed the conversation to emphasize the meaning of wins in particular states over others, ignoring the actual number of delegates awarded. As a result, Hillary has been positioned as some sort of mythological heroine, overcoming the arbitrary challenges set forth by the gods so as to prove her strength and justify her immortality. Hercules had to kill the Nemean Lion and the Lernaean Hydra, Hillary had to win Texas and Ohio. Winning Pennsylvania by double digits was her capturing the Cerynean Hind. In place of retrieving the Apples of Hesperides, she will have to win the Indiana primary. Will she capture Cerberus in Kentucky? The trick after that, of course, will be getting King Eurystheus to count Michigan and Florida.

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