At this point, Clinton is hoping for a major Obama gaffe, scandal, or outing of some kind

[mudesi]

She and her campaign and countless others are not so stupid as to be unrealistic about her chances of actually winning the nomination. Numbers do not have a bias, and we all know (save for the few delusional Clinton supporters) that the probability is next to zero. She has to win over 60% from here on out just to catch up. That is not my opinion, that is a fact.

So why is Hillary Clinton not dropping out of this race?

Hope.

She hopes Obama says something, does something, anything wrong. Sure, she and her campaign are throwing as much mud as possible (plagiarism), hoping for something to stick, but in the end this is Obama's nomination to lose. He has to make a mistake.

A slip of the tongue probably wouldn't be enough, but that depends on what he says, obviously. Some kind of outing or a scandal from his past would possibly do it. Either way, Ms. Clinton knows that this is over, but her ambitions for power override any good for the party or the country that her dropping out by March 4th would do.