In it to win it?

Clinton won big in West Virginia last night, coming in with 67% percent of the vote, and a big let down for Obama - our presumptive nominee gets 23%?  Yikes.

It may be no more likely that she'll be the nominee, but chew on this: if her staying in the race does, as she says, "allow everyone's voice to be heard," how can that be a bad thing? Even if Obama becomes the nominee, his campaign will emerge stronger for having to learn the lessons from the victories of the Clinton campaign. Last night at dinner, my friend Meghan rightfully pointed out that for all of Clinton's fumbles, her campaign has really got its finger on the pulse of America's heartland. Those insights are ones that Obama will desperately need should he become the nominee.

If our worse case scenario is that Clinton fights to the very end, and includes Michigan and Florida in the voices that must be heard, the party will actually emerge stronger and more united than if she had thrown the towel in months ago. Anyone we're losing because she is staying in this was lost to us long ago.