The Grouchy Ladybug (Sujatha)

Once upon a time, there was a ladybug who was competing with another ladybug for aphids on a leaf. The ladybug didn't want to share and said to the other "Hey, wanna fight?" On getting no response, the ladybug got angry and went off in a huff to another larger insect and said "Hey, wanna fight?". And so it went on and on, with the grouchy ladybug going up against progressively larger animals, till it finally reached a whale, so huge that a mere flip of its massive tail swatted the ladybug all the way back to its starting point. 
This classic tale by Eric Carle (of Brown Bear and Quiet Cricket fame, for those who have toddlers and preschoolers) is what I'm reminded of every  time Hillary Clinton comes back  swinging, even in the face of mathematical improbabilities.
All's well that end's well in the tale of the ladybug- it learns to share with the other ladybug. I doubt that Democratic primaries and nomination process will end up quite so amicably - we can only  hope.

Comments

[Joe]

Is Obama the whale or the other ladybug? If he's the other ladybug, what or who is the whale?

[Sujatha]

I still can't figure out which he is. We'll just have to wait until May 20 or June 3 to find out whether he is the other ladybug who amicably shares the aphids or the whale who swatted the grouchy ladybug out of range.

[Ruchira]

Obama is definitely the "other ladybug." If anything, he is more terrified of Hillary and Bill than he is of taking on John McCain.

The "whale" at this stage is the collective stance of the super delegates who are coalescing around Obama in order to "swat" efforts by the Clinton camp to stage a contentious convention (both Bill and Hill have hinted that they will burn the barn if Hillary is not nominated) in August. But I hope they will wait until early June when all the primaries are over. Otherwise Hillary will have another complaint against the "boys" pushing her out and denying her the nomination that she is entitled to - like not counting the votes she got in Florida and Michigan.

[Sujatha]

I wish the superdelegates would hurry up and form the whale sooner rather than later. Why are they waiting for Hillary to drop out officially before they take a stance? At this rate, Hillary won't get a 'share of aphids' from Obama either, the longer and more rancorous this primary gets.