With a big victory in Pennsylvania the political pundits are raising the question, why can't Barack Obama close out Hillary Clinton? These are the same people who, at the beginning of the campaign, declared Hillary the inevitable candidate and that nobody could beat her. They talked about the unstoppable political machine that is the Clintons. Not only was Hillary considered to be the eventual nominee, but that she would most likely be the next President. Now that she is no longer the inevitable candidate and is not likely to be the next President, these political pundits want to know why she can't be knocked out of the race before it is over. It seems to me that if these so called experts would go back and look at their own words they would find the answer to their question. Like her or hate her, Hillary is a tough candidate and it is not unreasonable to expect she would at least go the distance if she can't win.

These same pundits are asking why is it that with the math on Obama's side are people still voting for Hillary? Maybe these experts have forgotten what elections are about, voting for the candidate we like. In last night's election, over 120,000 people voted for Ron Paul and over 90,000 voted for Mike Huckabee. John McCain has already secured enough delegates to be the Republican nominee, yet over 25% of Pennsylvania Republicans chose to cast their vote for the candidate they like best. If you're going to ask why people aren't voting for someone who hasn't secured the nomination, shouldn't you ask why so many people aren't voting for someone who has secured the nomination? I am glad to see people voting for the candidate they like best, regardless of the math or the prospect of their candidate winning. At least these people aren't throwing their vote and voting for the candidate they like least just to cause mischief.

I don't understand why it is even expected that Barack Obama should be able to close Hillary out before the Primary is over. Being the inevitable candidate, it should be asked why Hillary couldn't close out Barack after New Hampshire and Nevada or why she couldn't close him out after winning all those big states on Super Tuesday. Couldn't it just be that we have a competitive race between two fairly even candidates? The inability for either candidate to close out the other is not a reflection of their weakness, but an indication they are both strong. Maybe this is just one of those elections where no one will be closed out and we're going to have to wait until the end to see who wins.