My inbox is still dizzy.

At 11:02 this morning, I received the single most psychopathic piece of political spin I've ever read. The culprit: Hillary Clinton. In an email memo titled "Obama Must Wins," some genius staffer labors mightily to convince reporters that Barack Obama's recent successes mean that he must "score decisive victories" in all four March 4 states--or else "there's a problem."

One question: do Mark Penn and Co. really think we're that stupid? 

On Dec. 30, Clinton told ABC's George Stephanopoulos that the race would be "over by Feb. 5" (see video above). In case you didn't notice, it wasn't. After the tie on Super Tuesday, her aides took one look at February and quickly moved the goalposts to Ohio and Texas--states she led by 10 to 25 points at the time. "If she wins Texas and Ohio I think she will be the nominee," Bill Clinton said. "If you don't deliver for her, I don't think she can be." But now that Obama has captured 11 straight contests, raised $15 to $25 million more than Clinton for the month, pulled ahead in Texas and reduced the gap in Ohio to five points, the Clintonistas have decided to strap the goal posts to rockets and launch them into outer space:

Senator Obama has campaigned hard in [Texas, Ohio, Rhode Island and Vermont]. He has spent time meeting editorial boards, courting endorsers, holding rallies, and--of course--making speeches. If he cannot win all of these states with all this effort, there's a problem. Should Senator Obama fail to score decisive victories with all of the resources and effort he is bringing to bear, the message will be clear: Democrats... have their doubts about Senator Obama and are having second thoughts about him as a prospective standard-bearer.

Right. Because when Clinton "campaigned hard" in Maryland, Virginia, Wisconsin and Maine and failed to win all of those states with all that effort, it wasn't a problem at all. Democrats weren't, like, having second thoughts about Hillary or anything like that. Quite the contrary. When you think about it, actually, Obama's astronomical fundraising totals and 11 overwhelming victories only mean that, come March 4, a win in, say, Rhode Island will be more than enough to kickstart a Clinton comeback.

I can almost see the memo now.