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  Today's "Hillary Deathwatch" Odds: 0.5 Percent

  Posted Wednesday, May 28, 2008 6:20 PM | By Christopher Beam

  As the DNC Rules and Bylaws Committee meeting looms, Hillary Clinton cranks her electability argument up to 11. But Obama continues to woo superdelegates. Odds of survival hover at 0.5 percent.

  Clinton is now fighting tooth and nail to see that the DNC's rules committee seats the delegates from Florida and Michigan at the convention in August. She continues to push for full seating, but that scenario remains extremely unlikely. Obama campaign manager David Plouffe suggests they're willing to compromise. The reason: They can afford to. Even the best-case scenarios don't have Clinton closing Obama's 195-delegate lead. ...
  

  Read more at the Hillary Deathwatch.

  Filed under: Hillary Clinton, Death Watch

About Christopher Beam

• Christopher Beam is a Slate political reporter.

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