The latest polls show Obama beating McCain and Clinton losing to McCain in Pennsylvania, Oregon, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Colorado, and nationally. Meanwhile, Obama has closed to a virtual tie in Texas. Combine that with my analysis of presidential coattails for the Senate races and there is no longer any question that Obama is the better candidate from a strict electability standpoint.

Public Policy Polling (.pdf) has Obama winning Wisconsin 53%-40% based on large expected turnout. If the turnout doesn’t materialize, they predict Obama will win more narrowly (47%-44%). If these polls bear out, Obama is going to win Wisconsin with double digits and probably win Texas as well (and certainly win more delegates in Texas, regardless). That should be enough to knock Clinton out of the race. Yet, there seems to be almost no limit to the Clinton’s sense of entitlement:

A co-chairman of Hillary’s Michigan campaign and has a line that’s sure to drive a whole bunch of red state governors up the wall:

“Superdelegates are not second-class delegates,” says Joel Ferguson, who will be a superdelegate if Michigan is seated. “The real second-class delegates are the delegates that are picked in red-state caucuses that are never going to vote Democratic.”

How well does that sit with my analysis of presidential coattails for senate races? As Kos noted:

As several people pointed out in the comments, this must mean that Hillary will skip Texas.

And I want to make one thing clear — if this was an isolated quote, it wouldn’t be a big deal. But it’s clear that from Bill, to Hillary, to Mark Penn, and on down, the campaign has made clear to its surrogates that this line of attack isn’t just tolerated, it’s encouraged.

I have learned not to count my chickens before they hatch, but I think it is time for the Fat Lady to start her voice exercises…tra la la la la. I hope the party will come together to explain to the ex-president and first lady that they have to stop their campaign and endorse the winner.

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