Sen. Hillary Clinton won Indiana by a mere two points. But it looks like Rush Limbaugh was responsible for all of that margin, and then some:

It’s possible that Operation Chaos may have had an effect: 5.4% of the 1.27 million voters in Indiana's primary were registered Republicans who voted for Clinton, and 60% of those told exit pollers that they would vote for McCain over Clinton (by contrast, most Obama Republicans say they would vote for him over Mac). Assuming that 60% were Limbaugh's minions, that's 41,000 votes for Clinton—in a contest where she won by only 18,000.

It's really pretty simple:

Just got a robocall from the Clinton campaign that tell me "something that I might not know about Obama," that he "praised the party of George W. Bush for being the party of ideas over the last 10 to 15 years."

You can watch the video here. Sorry, Hillary, but this is a cheap shot, taking what Obama said completely out of context, and then cranking up the robocalls on the night before the caucus.

Even for the Clintons, this is low, despicable and slimy to the extreme. I can guess that Hillary is worried about losing Nevada, and that South Carolina is already lost. She is desperate for a win here, desperate enough to crank up the lies.

Hillary Clinton is running radio ads that basically say she is the only candidate against Yucca Mountain. But the commercial is pretty loose with the facts as it concerns Barack Obama. In a conference call with reporters, Nevada State Senator Steven Horsford and founder of the Public Leadership Alliance of Nevada (PLAN) Bob Fulkerson condemned the attacks as "utterly false," and said that Obama has the most consistent record of opposing Yucca Mountain of all the candidates.

It's bad enough that candidates have to pander to the Yucca issue, but Clinton is taking it to new lows by trying to smear Obama that he didn't pander enough.

Can we get on to some real issues here? The economy is tanking. How about you folks tell us what you are going to do about that instead? Stop wasting your campaign cash bashing the other candidates over an issue that, in the scheme of things, isn't very important.

Here is the video showing John McCain answering this question from a supporter:

Ignoring the pot-meet-kettle hypocrisy of the questioner, I think McCain's response says a lot about his campaign, and who he has become.

I don't think he himself actually agrees with this characterization of Hillary Clinton. But he is definitely not comfortable with the question, and struggles to respond in a way that doesn't anger this room of wingnuts supporters. He wasn't about to chastise anyone for calling Hillary a bitch, not in that room. He wants to distance himself from such personal attacks, but knows that he needs just this kind of viciousness to win.

The Straight Talk Express crashed and burned a long time ago, if it existed at all.

The story goes that Hillary Clinton can't win the general election because her negatives are so high. But along comes Mitt Romney, who now has higher negatives than Clinton.

So, are we going to see the same stories about how Mitt can't be elected? Just wondering.

While Hillary Clinton rides high in nationwide polls among the Democratic candidates, the seeds of her defeat have already been planted.

A recent poll points out her problem:

In the poll, 48% say they would consider voting for Clinton versus 52% who say they wouldn't. By comparison, majorities signal they would consider voting for all other major presidential candidates or possible candidates: Giuliani (64%-36%), Fred Thompson (62%-38%), Bloomberg (61%-39%), Obama (60%-40%), Edwards (59%-41%), McCain (58%-42%), Biden (57%-43%), Richardson (57%-43%), Huckabee (56%-44%), and Romney (54%-46%).

The only way Clinton could win in November 2008 with only 48 percent of the vote is if a third-party candidate snatches votes from the Republican nominee. And that assumes that she doesn't lose any of that 48 percent.

Hopefully Democrats will realize that a second Clinton Administration is a pipe dream and opt for someone else. Obama is making a good case for this, seriously outraising Clinton so far this year.