Is Hillary’s Campaign Really Dead?
By Pat Racimora on August 12, 2008 at 10:30 AM in Barack Obama, Democratic National Convention, Democratic Nomination, Hillary Clinton
Is Hillary Clinton’s campaign really dead? The truth is, we really don’t know. So, bear with me for a few seconds here.
Schrödinger’s Cat is a famous thought experiment by an Austrian physicist whereby a hypothetical cat is placed in a closed chamber rigged with potentially deadly exposure to radiation. However, a series of random events may or may not occur before the chamber is opened, at which time the observers will learn whether the cat is alive or dead. Schrödinger believed that until the box is opened, the cat can be thought of as both alive and dead at the same time. (OK, that was the simple version. Erwin Schrödinger hung out with Einstein, after all. See more here .)
Not unlike Schrödinger’s Cat, as of right now Hillary’s campaign is both alive and dead at the same time. The media and the Obama campaign think it is dead. But the truth is that no delegate has voted and, potentially, anything can happen given the delegates’ right to change their votes until the second they cast it. Florida, Michigan, Edwards’ delegates (will he be stripped of them?) are potential players that could, theoretically anyway, alter the picture. And who knows, as long as there is some time left in the box, the media and the DNC might wake up to realize that “hope” and “change” were really just words after all. Or maybe something new will come to light.
We will know soon enough, and maybe you will think of me as a dreamer, but that box is still closed. And it won’t be opened until August 28th.
In the meantime, what about Hillary Clinton herself? Oh, she is very much alive and better than ever. Eighteen million of us can attest to that!
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