One of my favorite political analysts, Kirsten Powers, writes this week about the Democrats' potential woman problem: McCain started courting Clinton's voters in the days between that last primary and her concession speech. He said the media had mistreated Clinton and talked of how much he respects her, noting she was often underappreciated.

Bill Clinton was out again this weekend, making his arguments on behalf of Hillary's candidacy. Unfortunately, as it often does, his argument ended up sounding a lot like whining:

Clinton won Kentucky decisively, as expected. Obama won Oregon decisively, as expected. As expected, the interminable race persists. Clinton has vowed to stay in until June 3, despite everyone in the media counting her out entirely. I say "rock on." She's come this far and she does have a tenuous claim on the popular vote count.

So, does anyone here still see a path to a win for Hillary? Obviously, she's been considerably bolstered in her dream to plow on by the revelation that fully 67 percent of Democratic voters wish her to plow on. Even among Obama voters, the number's in the 40s. Talk about some validation.

John McCain put forth a solidly fiscally conservative economic speech this morning (albeit with a couple populist zingers: "Americans are also right to be offended when the extravagant salaries and severance deals of CEO's --in some cases, the very same CEO's who helped to bring on these market troubles -- bear no relation to the success of the company or the wishes of shareholders.") on the happy occasion of Tax Day. He also took the occasion to draw a strong contrast between himself and the Democratic nominees: