Hillary won West Virginia and an email arrived from fantasyland

John, Jacki and I were at a book party for Harry Reid, which is why we're only now posting the non-news that Hillary Clinton won West Virginia. No surprises. And, as expected, Team Clinton is in full frenzy mode. But, Clinton didn't meet expectations because the Clinton campaign got cocky. One of her top WV supporters claimed she would secure 80% of the vote. Ben Smith reported that Bill Clinton had been pushing for 80%, too.

Just got this email from Hillary:

After tonight's tremendous victory here in West Virginia, it's clear that the pundits declaring this race over have it all wrong. The voters in West Virginia spoke loud and clear -- they want this contest to go on.

I'm listening to the voters -- and to you.

No, Hillary, you're not listening to me. My advice is to get out while you still have some shred of dignity left. This is pathetic. You lost the nomination. You are now hurting Democratic candidates who can't fundraise because you're still in the race. John posted a letter we received the other day from the finance director of a Democratic congressional campaign. You are killing these campaigns:

My candidate speaks every day to donors who tell him directly that they're more focused on the Presidential right now, or that they're tapped out because they've given so much to the Presidential. Or simply, as you say, because they're just pissed off about the Presidential.

And that's not even counting those who simply don't return our calls, or blow the candidate off when we do get them on the phone. We'll never know how many of those people would have been max-out donors to us, but are simply too involved in (or turned off by) the Presidential race to give a damn about someone who's running for a House seat....

For her to wait until June is a nightmare that may well guarantee that not only my guy, but dozens and dozens of other challengers will come up badly short of their goals for the 2nd Quarter. And my candidate is in the very top level of targeted races. I can only imagine what the lower tiers of challengers are facing (well, no, actually I've heard from some of them, including the finance chair for a candidate in the Midwest to whom I spoke today).

We need her to drop out now, not only for the sake of our real Presidential nominee winning in November, but so that the rest of us can finally have a fighting chance with donors.

McCain is launching full scale attacks against the Democratic nominee. Hillary and her crew are aiding and abetting McCain. It's that simple.