Obviously, what will determine the election is how many Hillary voters are really Hillary voters--and not just dittoheads.

If Obama gets the vast majority of Hillary voters--since her positions dovetail almost perfectly with his--and emphatically not with the McCain/Palin ticket--he will win. The large majority of her voters--including of course, Hispanics and most working women, combined with the Obama voters--huge numbers of young people, blacks, anybody interested in preserving Roe v Wade, and intelligent people of all backgrounds should be a substantial majority of the electorate.

The corollary of course is that Hillary voters who in fact vote for McCain/ Palin in the fall were not really Hillary voters in the first place. How many of the voters in WV or rural PA, for instance, who voted for her in the primary would have voted for her in the fall against McCain? So much for the "18 million" claim.

And how many fall in that category? Who knows? But that will tell the tale.

Especially since with Palin, McCain has--finally--energized his base.

But that should make the Hillary voters realize--do they actually believe in her stands--or was she--as Obama is accused of being--just a personality cult?