The tide has turned for Hillary

Watching the news last night, and then looking around the Web today, it appears to me that the collective judgment of the media is as follows: "Okay, Hillary, you're done." The reason? She got blown out in North Carolina, and she barely won Indiana.

This is a potentially significant development; the media have every reason to try to keep Hillary viable. Why? It's interesting. It's fun. It's a good story. So, if the media are telling Hillary that her train has sailed, it's a very bad omen for her.

I'm not saying that she necessarily needs to get out. I am saying, though, that if she stays in the race, the storyline is going to change from "working the room with an upbeat attitude, despite very long odds," to, "still hanging around the party even though the hosts have put on their pajamas," to, "look, Mrs. Clinton, we don't want to be rude, but we're going to have to ask you to leave," to, "Okay, Marge, you call the police while I get the pepper spray..."

The Clintons usually believe that it's not over until they say it's over. In this case, though, with the media tide having turned, and with possible damage to her future political prospects, I wonder if she might drop out this week.

(I hope not. I hate to say it, but I'm enjoying her lingering death.)