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The latest Rassmussen polling has John McCain enjoying a double digit lead over both Obama And Hillary. McCain is already into the general election, building an organization and even making the rounds in other countries. He's looking more and more like the right guy for this election, and the best candidate the GOP (in spite of themselves) could have picked given his likely opposition.

Meanwhile the Democrats are dealing with an entrenched battle, which won't be settled regardless of Pennsylvania. They're still dickering around with Michigan and Florida, and everyone is in a lather about the the Reverend Wright and whether or not Barack was in the pew that Sunday.

Keep on arguing, Democrats, if you want to see your chances for defeat get very gradually smaller and smaller. If you had any sense you'd convene a loya jirga of party elders and unify in favor of one candidate - likely this would be Obama, given his current base of support. And then you'd get to work on McCain and the challenge of nationalizing the campaign.

But in spite of a clear, on-paper advantage, we're looking at two rivals that won't give up. One is ahead, but the other will use every means at her disposal.

The outcome looks increasingly like a self-destructive civil war. Bad for the candidates in question - but a rip-snortin' good political season for those of us who enjoy the process as a spectator sport.