AND IN THE OTHER PARTY – AT 9:08 A.M. ET:  Conventional wisdom is back.  It's now believed by the pundit class that Hillary Clinton will put Bernie Sanders away in short order.  From Fox: 

The Inevitable Hillary Clinton has returned.

The media have spoken and again bestowed the cloak of inevitability on the Democratic front-runner.

One five-point win over Bernie Sanders in the Nevada caucuses was all it took. In other words, the Democratic race was fun while it lasted.

You might think the pundits would be allergic to the I-word. After all, they first described Hillary that way in 2007, and yet she lost.

Then they described Hillary that way in 2015, and she plummeted in the polls, finished a few coin flips ahead of Bernie in Iowa and got decimated in New Hampshire.

But here it is in Slate: “Winning Nevada makes Hillary Clinton’s nomination virtually inevitable.”

Or as the Huffington Post’s banner headline put it: “BERNING OUT?”

COMMENT:  Read the whole piece.  It's a very good summary of the Democratic race.  I happen to think that in this case the pundit class is correct.  Bernie is a temporary phenomenon, who got a big boost because Hillary really isn't that popular in her own party.  Also, the early primary states favored Bernie.  It's getting more difficult now.

The Democratic Party machinery is in Hillary's hands.  And she commands the minorities, who dominate the Democratic Party.   

One thing not in Hillary's hands is the FBI.  She can put Bernie away, but they can put her away.

February 23, 2016