Hillaryland Spin: Your States Suck!

"Could we possibly have a nominee who hasn't won any of the significant states--outside of Illinois? That raises some serious questions about Sen. Obama." --Chief Clinton Strategist Mark Penn

Did you hear that, Virginia? Turns out you're insignificant. Washington, Iowa, Maine, Maryland, Georgia, how does it feel to be second tier citizens? Louisiana, Delaware, Connecticut, Minnesota how's that inferiority complex treating you? D.C., South Carolina, Missouri, Utah, Alaska, Colorado, Nebraska, Idaho, North Dakota, Nevada (where Obama received more delegates), Kansas, Alabama, what's it like being on the outside looking in?

And let this be a warning to you, Wisconsin, Hawaii, Texas, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Vermont and Rhode Island, all of whose primaries are in the offing. If you go for Clinton, then maybe Mr. Penn will re-consider his spin and let you past the velvet rope. Go for Obama, and you can just keep waiting in line with the others.
Hey, when your candidate loses 23 of 34 contests, is behind in the popular vote, and behind in the delegate count even when you factor in all the loyal Bill Clinton-era super delegates, you've got to say something. And yes, Mr. Penn, I've got some serious questions, but at the moment they aren't for Obama.

Chief among them is why you decided to play a Giuliani-like strategy of husbanding your efforts and resources for states you deemed "significant," while your opponent worked hard in every contest?

Second, do you really intend to press forward with your plan to try and seat Florida and Michigan, even though doing so could rip the party apart and guarantee a Republican victory in the fall?

And third, have you really decided you want the nomination even if you are behind in the pledged delegate count and the popular vote when the convention rolls around?